21-11-2016
Starting today, Monday 21st, and until Sunday 27th November, the first Week of Italian cuisine in the world is taking place. This debuting important event has the involvement of three ministries (Agricultural Policies, Foreign Affairs and Economic Development), with the support of Identità Golose and association Ambasciatori del Gusto. 295 diplomatic offices all around the world are involved
Today, 21st November 2015 the first Settimana della cucina italiana nel mondo [Week of Italian Cuisine in the world] begins, and it will continue until the 27th (with a few events to last until the 30th). This is an important debut that Identità Golose promoted and supported since its first steps in March 2015, before Expo Milano had even started. The scope of the event, strongly desired by the Agricultural Policies Minister, Maurizio Martina, the Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the undersecretary for Economic Development Ivan Scalfarotto, is finely summed up by these numbers: during this week 1,300 events in 105 countries, coordinated by the Farnesina’s foreign network; 295 diplomatic offices will be involved; 173 conferences, meetings with chefs and debates on Italian gastronomic tradition; 98 promotional events organised in collaboration with local Italian restaurants and fairs; 151 cooking demos and master classes; 334 themed events dedicated to discovering Italian flavours; 23 contests and awards for high quality Italian cuisine; 32 technical-scientific and academic seminars; 390 food-related films, documentaries and theatre plays; 32 design, art and photography shows dedicated to cooking.
João Vale de Almeida’s tweet: «It was a honour», said the ambassador of the European Union at the United Nations, «to meet Massimo Bottura, the best chef in the world today at the #FoodieViaEmilia event promoting the great Italian products. EU=quality»
Cristina Bowerman is the president of the association. The chef from Apulia is just back in Rome from Los Angeles: since in the US it’s Thanksgiving on Thursday 24th, the Week in America was before the rest of the world. We spoke with her as she was travelling. «I cooked a four-handed dinner with Nancy Silverton at Osteria Mozza: she’s the woman who brought the concepts of high quality pizza and mother yeast to the US, she’s a pioneer».
Cristina Bowerman, from Los Angeles to Santiago del Chile, via Rome (in the photo, taken from Foodiamo, she’s in California)
Cristina is soon leaving for Chile, with Christian and Manuel Costardi of Cinzia in Vercelli: together they will participate in a series of important events including two dinners for 60 guests – one at restaurant Boragò in Santiago del Chile – and a cocktail party. «I asked to meet women who represent Chilean gastronomy: it will be great». In America even Massimo Bottura fought as a lion as usual, receiving influential praise between Washington and New York (see the photo above, and the twitter profile of the chef from Modena).
Pastry chef Corrado Assenza is leaving for Sweden. We’ll be there
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born in Milan, 1973, freelance journalist, coordinator of Identità Golose World restaurant guidebook since 2007, he is a contributor for several magazines and teaches History of gastronomy and Culinary global trends into universities and institutes. twitter @gabrielezanatt instagram @gabrielezanatt