The journalist and artist Abderrahim Bargach died on Wednesday morning in a hospital in Casablanca, at the age of 59 years after a long illness, it was learned from his family.
Teacher of journalism and a journalist, Abderrahim Bargach studied at the Centre de Formation des Journalistes in Rabat and at the Centre de Formation et le Perfectionnement des Journalistes in Paris, on the rue du Louvre. He also holds a diploma from the International Institute of Food and Wine. Bargach has been a correspondent for MAP in Paris and has worked in the French press, notably for Le Monde, Libération, Psychologie, l’Agence France Presse and l’Agence Centrale Parisienne de Presse. He was chief editor then regional director of MAP from 1986 to 2000, he presented a television programme on comparative cuisine, ‘Walima ou la cuisine en f ê te’, which became just ‘Walima’. A national and international expert on gastronomy, Abderrahim Bargach is director of the Cookery Encyclopedia editions at OKAD. He has published articles in l’Encyclopédie du Maroc, le Maroc des potentialities, La civilisation marocaine. He is also President of the Académie Marocaine de la Gastronomie and a judge for Slow Food. Lastly, he has been awarded the Cuillère d’Or (Golden Spoon) by the Club des Poétes Gourmets d’Allemagne, is a knight of the Confrérie de la Diététique Méditerranéenne , and Ma ï da d’Or of the 2nd Fes Culinary Festival.
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