DETERMINATION OF ATTITUDES OFCULINARY COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS: THE CASE OF NATIONAL COOKERY AND PAS-TRY CHAMPIONSHIP
AŞÇILIK YARIŞMASI KATILIMCILARININ TUTUMLARININ BELİRLENMESİ: ULUSAL AŞÇILAR VE PASTACILAR ŞAMPİYONASI ÖRNEĞİ

Author : Mehmet BOYRAZ -- Asilhan Semih MUTLU - Hülya MUTLU
Number of pages : 468-482

Abstract

The aim of the research is; to determine whether perceptions, attitudes and expectations of participants in the national cookery competitions differ according to the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants. In this regard, the research has six different hypotheses. The population of the research constitutes competitors participating in the 1st National Cookery and Pastry Championship organized by the Confederation of All Chefs and Pastry Cook (TAŞKAPON) at 16-18 of March 2018 in Afyonkarahisar. In this quantitatively designed research, survey technique was used as data collection tool and a questionnaire was applied during the days of organization, to 126 competitors who participated in different categories. Descriptive statistics, analysis of frequency and reliability, Mann Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis test were performed by means of a statistical package program for the analysis of obtained data. In this respect, it has been found that the perceptions, attitudes and expectations of participants about culinary competition do not show any difference in terms of gender, age, latest graduated school type, number of competitions held annually, competition category, competition area or the kind of participating in the competition variables.

Keywords

Culinary Competition, Attitude, National Chefs and Pastry Championship, Taşkapon, Afyonkarahisar.

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