CIC, Basque Culinary Center team up to explore food science innovation

The Cambridge Innovation Center is teaming up with the Basque Culinary Center in Spain to explore innovation in gastronomy.

Why it matters: The partnership supports researchers and entrepreneurs tackling some of the biggest challenges in farming, the plant-based market, restaurants and more.

Zoom in: This is CIC's first food collaboration across multiple locations and, CEO Tim Rowe argues, the first food science collaboration of its kind.

• The partnership opens the door to networking opportunities, startup incubators and other collaborations between entrepreneurs in Boston's tech hub and academic researchers in San Sebastián, a culinary destination.

CIC and Basque celebrated the partnership with a gastronomy showcase in Kendall Square.

• The showcase included a mixologist, a Boston-based vertical farming startup, a Spanish brewery specializing in alcohol made from fermented teas and other projects.

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