Basque Culinary Center is a unique ecosystem where training, innovation, research and entrepreneurship coexist with the aim of developing and promoting gastronomy, the latter understood as reasoned knowledge about what we eat and how we eat. Located in Donostia - San Sebastian since 2011, it is a pioneering institution made up of the Faculty of Gastronomic Science and BCC Innovation, the Gastronomy Technological Centre.
 
Basque Culinary Center's Board of Trustees is made up of chefs, institutions, and companies and is the entity's management body. The most outstanding chefs in the world form part of the Basque Culinary Center's International Council.

Basque Culinary Center is a responsible entity with regard to the challenges facing society. It has a Strategic Plan for Sustainable Development that is related to the challenges posed by the SDGs, which encompasses the entity's equality plan.