Turkish cuisine culture takes place among the world s most important cuisines but it can not evaluate its potential. Local people do not have enough information about culinary culture. Therefore this cause that local people can not introduce own rooted and multifaceted culinary culture to the tourists visiting the this area. However, local Turkish cuisine is different from others in terms of the variety of food, food tastes and features. In this context, the purpose of this research is to determine whether local people in Erzurum know their own culinary culture or not. For this purpose, inventory study has been made about local food and a questionnaire form has been prepared. The questionnaire was applied totally to 390 people in the city centre of Erzurum. In the questionnaire form, some questions have been asked about awareness level of food located in Erzurum cuisine and how the food that begin to be forgotten can be recovered and some recommendations have been taken about what should be done to eternize Erzurum culinary culture. Finally, the detailed charts categorized according to the answer for each question directed to the sample have been interpreted and some recomendations have been developed to allow local people to eternize the culinary culture and to be able to transfer the culinary culture to the future generations. Concerning the data on the results of research, the majority of participant have stated that they make regional dishes at home, they find delicious local dishes of Erzurum and they do not forget the culture of Erzurum cuisine. According to participants; Local pepole should be educated about the local cuisine to improve the culture of Erzurum cuisine and it is expressed that the written and visual media should be used for advertise