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Abderrahim Bargach (born in Rabat on 5 October 1949, died in Casablanca on 5 December 2007) was a Moroccan journalist, writer, TV presenter, and a specialist in Moroccan gastronomy.

After graduating, Abderrahim Bargach studied at the German-Moroccan cooperation institute supported by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (later renamed Centre de formation des journalistes de Rabat). He continued his journalism studies in France, at a training centre for journalists in Paris.

Journalistic career
Bargach began his journalistic career as a contributor to many French publications, for instance Le Monde, Libération, La Dépêche de Toulon and Psychologies.

He participated in Moroccan publications too, such as Lamalif and Sindbad. At the same time he worked for the Moroccan news agency Maghreb Arabe Press, first as correspondent in Paris, and later as editor in chief in Rabat and bureau chief in Casablanca from 1977 to 1986.

During his career, which lasted for more than 20 years, he wrote thousands of articles of factual reporting, synthesis, and analysis, as well as in-depth reporting, humour and art criticism.

Culinary criticism
Winner of an award from the International Institute of Food and Wine, he rapidly became an acknowledged culinary expert in Morocco after his researches into Moroccan gastronomy. He also wrote many texts on the history of Moroccan cuisine for the Encyclopédie du Maroc. He was an international expert and lecturer on food and gastronomic culture for many foreign organizations, such as the Mediterranean Institute, the European Commission, the Slow Food movement, and the International Institute of Food and Wine in the USA. For 14 years (from 1986 to 2000) he hosted a weekly show on Moroccan gastronomy, Walima, on the Moroccan TV channel TVM (now Al Aoula).

Acting career
Abderrahim Bargach was also an actor in theatre, cinema and television, and a film producer. From 1998 to 2000, he collaborated with the Moroccan comedian Said Naciri and left his mark on the sitcom Me, my brother and his wife.