- We are proud of our country and ourgastronomic tradition, and we recognize the richness of the identity of Portuguese cuisine!
- Our gastronomic identityis our root, being the groundwork for all cooks — it is the reflection of our territory but also of the peoples and cultures that were involved in this identity, from centuries ago to the present, contributing to its richness and diversity.
- We promote the freedom to create and explore new paths, new dishes, new flavours.
- We believe the act of cooking is more than the search for good taste. The cuisine is cerebral, interventional, creative, subversive.
- Creativity cannot be an end in itself;it must be conscious, informed and it should express a new contribute for our cuisine.
- We use the technique to enhance the individual language of each and everyone of usas a cook, in order to respect a sustainable food philosophy and value the national gastronomic identity.
- We respect the seasonality of products and the biodynamic cycles of Nature.
- We encourage a responsible and sustainable consumption of animal products and species from land and sea.
- We demand the right for children to learn how to cook tasty, healthy and quality food and to know the identity of our kitchen: this is as important as learning how to read and write!
- We protect small producers andlocal products, whilepromoting the sustainability of production methods and recovering forgotten but often differentiating products from our country.
- We challenge all cooks, consumers, producers, suppliers, entrepreneurs, journalists, researchers, critics, artists, thinkers, to act as agents of change, in favor of a cuisine closely related to an increasingly consistent local and social economy.