Sana'ar mai dafa abinci ana ɗauka ɗayan tsoho ne. Ya kasance a matsayin ƙwararru cewa masu dafa abinci sun bayyana a Girka a tsibirin Crete a cikin 2600 BC. e. Sannan wani malami na musamman na sana'ar dafa abinci ya shirya wa sojoji abinci kuma ya karɓi kuɗi don wannan. Tabbas a cikin tsohuwar Misira, Finikiya, Sumeria akwai kuma ƙwararru a cikin wannan kasuwancin waɗanda ke shirya abinci ga sarakunansu da wakilan masu martaba.
An girmama al'adun dafa abinci a kasashe daban-daban ta hanyoyi daban-daban. A wani wuri an yi imani da cewa kowa ya kamata ya iya dafa abinci mafi sauƙi don kansa, kuma a wani wuri a lokaci guda, an halicci ayyukan farko na fasaha daga samfurori na yau da kullum kuma an koyi dabarun dafa abinci daban-daban.
Sana'ar girki abar girmamawa ce sosai, kuma gidajen masu wadata na iya alfahari da kwarewar mai girkin su. A karkashin sarakuna Augustus da Tiberius (kimanin shekara ta 400 AD), an shirya makarantun girki na farko, wanda babban mai girki Apicius ya jagoranta.
An ƙaddamar da ƙwarewar dafa abinci daga tsara zuwa tsara, sabbin jita-jita suna kashe kuɗi mai yawa, an ɗauki abinci alama ce ta lafiya da walwala. A cikin tsohuwar Girka, bautar Axlepius, likitan almara na warkarwa, ya taso. An dauki 'yarsa Hygea a matsayin mai kula da kimiyyar lafiya. Suna da mataimaki - mai dafa Kulina. Ita ce ta zama gidan tarihi na goma na Girka da Rome kuma ta karɓi sunan dafa abinci (daga cikin abincin Latin cuina). Litattafan tsoffin littattafai a Babila, Masar, China da Gabas sun ƙunshi bayanan girke -girke na dafuwa.
A ƙarshen Tsakiyar Tsakiya, an sami adadi mai yawa na kayan yaji na gabas, godiya ga abin da aka ci gaba da haɓaka abincin. Italiya tana kan gaba, musamman yankin kudancin ta da Sicily. Faransa ba ta ja da baya ba.
Ba wai kawai masu dafa abinci ba, amma mashahuran masana kimiyya, masana falsafa, 'yan ƙasa sun shiga cikin ci gaban kasuwancin abinci. Richelieu, Mazarin, Michel Montaigne sun ba da gudummawa ga tarihin ci gaban girki.
A Jamus, mai dafa abinci na ɗaya daga cikin muhimman mutane huɗu a kotun, yayin da a Faransa mutane masu daraja ne kawai za su iya zama masu dafa abinci. Bayan matsayin girmamawa na babban mashawarcin giya na Faransa, ya bi manajan burodin burodi, babban mai shayarwa, shugaba, manajan gidan abinci, kuma kawai sai marshals da admirals.
Saboda tsananin haɗarin sanya guba ga masu mulki da guba, sai mutanen da ke da kyakkyawar suna kawai aka yarda su shiga cikin ɗakin girki. Wasu lokuta har zuwa mutane 800 suna dafa abinci, kuma a Ingila a kotun Richard II akwai masu dafa abinci 1000 waɗanda ke yiwa mutane 10 hidima a kowace rana.
Gaskiya mai ban sha'awa game da masu dafa abinci
- Farar hular shugaba a bakin aiki ta fara sanyawa a karni na 18 bisa bukatar Sarki George II na Ingila. Wannan kwalliyar ta kiyaye jita-jita daga samun gashi daga shugaban masu dafa abinci. A yau, abin da ake buƙata don sa shi an sanya shi cikin ƙa'idodin tsafta na ƙasashe da yawa na duniya.
- A cikin tsohuwar Rome, akwai tawayen masu dafa abinci gaba ɗaya, waɗanda ke buƙatar yin biyayya da iko da biranen baki ɗaya.
- Na farko da ya taba zama zakaran Olympic a shekara ta 776 BC. ya zama wani mai dafa abinci daga Elis mai suna Koreb.
-Wanda ya fi kowa arziki a zamaninmu, a cewar mujallar Forbes, shine Biritaniya Gordon Ramsay. An kiyasta dukiyarsa a $ 38 miliyan. Ramzi shine mamallakin jerin gidajen abinci na farko, dan wasan kwaikwayo, marubucin littattafai da shirye-shiryen TV.
- A Ingila akwai wani gidan abinci da ake kira The Clink, inda fursunoni kusan 30 ke aiki a matsayin masu dafa abinci. Cibiyar tana aiki har zuwa mutane 96 a rana.
- Tsawon ƙarnuka da yawa, Faransa da Italiya sun yi ta gardama game da wanne ne ya fi girki. Gourmets sun yi imanin cewa wasu daga cikinsu sune mafi kyawun kayan zaki a duniya, yayin da wasu suna yin aiki da fasaha tare da kifi da abincin teku.
- Yana ƙaruwa, a cikin dafa abinci, suna neman taimakon masu dafa abinci na robotic. Ofaya daga cikinsu, mai suna Fua-Men, yana aiki a gidan abinci a birnin Nagoya na Japan. Ba wai kawai yana wanke kwanoni da yankan kayan lambu ba, har ma yana shirya manyan darussa.
- An yi imanin cewa mafi kyawun masu dafa abinci maza ne. Suna zurfafa zurfafawa cikin dukkan matakai da dabaru, sun fi daidaitawa. Wata hujja da ke nuna fifiko ga maza ita ce, yawan zafin hannayensu ya ragu da na mata 2. Saboda wannan a Japan, mata ba za su iya shirya sushi da kayan zaki ba.
- A ranar 20 ga watan Oktoba, masana harkar abinci daga ko'ina cikin duniya suna bikin hutun sana'a - Ranar Cook, wanda Majalisar theungiyar ofungiyar Al'umma ta Cungiyar Culinary ta Duniya ta kafa a 2004.