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Lucknow Named Creative City of Gastronomy: UNESCO has declared Lucknow as Creative City of Gastronomy for its cultural identity.
1 November, 2025
Lucknow Named Creative City of Gastronomy: It is a proud moment for Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow’s rich culinary heritage has now been recognized on the global stage. UNESCO has declared Lucknow as Creative City of Gastronomy for its cultural identity. India’s permanent delegation to UNESCO said in a social media post on Friday. On World Cities Day 2025 (30 October), Lucknow has been designated a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, joining the 58 new cities included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN).
Lucknow is famous for food
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has named 58 cities as new members of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s Creative Cities Network, which now includes 408 cities in more than 100 countries. Azoulay said, “UNESCO Creative Cities demonstrate that culture and creative industries can be strong drivers of development.
UCCN promotes creativity and culture as key drivers of sustainable urban development. Lucknow is famous for its rich and traditional cuisine, ranging from the popular street food ‘Chaat’ to Awadhi dishes and delicious sweets.
Purpose of UCCN
Established in 2004, UCCN aims to foster collaboration between cities that leverage culture and creativity to promote inclusive and sustainable development. It supports initiatives that create employment, promote cultural identity and strengthen social cohesion. UCCN encourages cooperation, exchange of experiences and integration of solutions between cities and gives members the opportunity to inspire each other and strengthen the economic, social and environmental impact of their cultural policies.
These cities also got respect
UNESCO said the newly designated creative cities are – Kisumu (Kenya) and New Orleans (USA) for music, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) for design, Matosinhos (Portugal) and Cuenca (Ecuador) for gastronomy, Giza (Egypt) for film, Rovaniemi (Finland) for architecture, Malang (Indonesia) for media arts and Aberystwyth (UK) for literature. These are examples of how local creativity promotes cultural expertise. Creative cities will gather for the 2026 annual conference in Essaouira (Morocco), which was named a creative city for music in 2019.
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