Chaka chilichonse pa Okutobala 20, tchuthi chake cha akatswiri - Tsiku la Chef - Ophika ndi akatswiri azaphikidwe ochokera padziko lonse lapansi amakondwerera.
Tsiku Lapadziko Lonse linakhazikitsidwa mu 2004 poyambitsa bungwe la World Association of Culinary Communities. Bungweli, mwa njira, lili ndi mamembala 8 miliyoni - oimira ntchito yophika kuchokera kumayiko osiyanasiyana. Choncho, n'zosadabwitsa kuti akatswiri apeza tchuthi chawo.
Kukondwerera Tsiku la oyang'anira padziko lonse lapansi (Tsiku la Ophika Padziko Lonse) m'maiko opitilira 70 lakhala lalikulu. Kuwonjezera pa akatswiri ophikira okha, oimira akuluakulu, ogwira ntchito m'makampani oyendayenda ndipo, ndithudi, eni ake a malo odyetserako zakudya, kuchokera ku ma cafes ang'onoang'ono kupita ku malo odyera otchuka, amatenga nawo mbali pokonzekera zikondwerero. Amapanga mpikisano wamaluso ophika, amawongolera zokometsera ndikuyesa kukonza mbale zoyambirira.
M'mayiko angapo, chidwi chimaperekedwanso ku zochitika zomwe ana ndi achinyamata amachita nawo. Ophika amapita ku malo ophunzirira ana, kumene amaphunzitsa ana kuphika ndi kufotokoza kufunika kwa kudya bwino. Achinyamata angaphunzire zambiri za ntchito ya ophika ndi kulandira maphunziro ofunikira pa luso la kuphika.
Ntchito yophika ndi imodzi mwazofunikira kwambiri padziko lapansi komanso imodzi mwazakale kwambiri. Mbiri, inde, sinatchulepo yemwe adabwera ndi lingaliro la kuphika nyama kuchokera ku nyama kapena zomera zomwe zasonkhanitsidwa m'nkhalango. Koma pali nthano ya mkazi yemwe dzina lake linapereka dzina ku makampani onse - kuphika.
Agiriki akale ankalemekeza mulungu wa machiritso Asclepius (wotchedwa Roman Aesculapius). Mwana wake wamkazi Hygeya ankaonedwa kuti ndi woyang'anira thanzi (mwa njira, mawu oti "ukhondo" adachokera ku dzina lake). Ndipo mthandizi wawo wokhulupirika m'zinthu zonse anali wophika Kulina, yemwe anayamba kuyang'anira luso la kuphika, lomwe limatchedwa "kuphika".
Oyamba, olembedwa papepala, adawonekera ku Babulo, ku Egypt wakale ndi ku China Yakale, komanso kumayiko akum'mawa kwa Arabu. Ena a iwo atsikira kwa ife mu zipilala zolembedwa za nthawi imeneyo, ndipo ngati angafune, aliyense akhoza kuyesa kuphika mbale zomwe Farao wa ku Aigupto kapena mfumu ya Ufumu wakumwamba anadya.
Ku Russia, kuphika monga sayansi kunayamba kukula m'zaka za zana la 18. Izi zidachitika chifukwa chakuchulukira kwa malo opangira zakudya. Poyamba awa anali malo odyera, kenako malo odyera ndi odyera. Khitchini yoyamba yophikira ku Russia inatsegulidwa mu 1888 ku St.