No mystery here that one of my favourite chefs is Danilo Cortellini, head chef at the Italian Embassy in London, whom I have had the chance to meet on a few occasions and whom I admire not only for his cooking skills (I learned to make arancini from him!) but also for his drive and passion as an ambassador himself of our culinary heritage and ingredients. An evening with the Ambassador… The other night we had the pleasure and the…
Book event at Pulia Pulia London hosted the UK presentation of Italian marketing handbook Marketing del Gusto by food marketing experts Slawka G. Scarso and Luciana Squadrilli. While the book is in Italian, the topics covered are of interest to a wider, international audience and Pulia provided the perfect setting for a gathering of industry experts, bloggers, marketeers and food lovers. Marketing for the food industry Around 30 people gathered to hear from the authors on why using such a…
Based around the values of craftsmanship, sustainability, urban renewal, good honest artisan food and real passion, Mercato Metropolitano is set to be the choice destination for discerning food lovers all over the capital this summer. In the somehow pretentiously named area of SoBo (‘south of Borough’ which cannot disguise it is just north of the dreaded Elephant & Castle roundabout), lies the very recently opened Mercato Metropolitano, an Italian enterprise which is a market with food court for all things Italian and…
Since watching the latest MasterChef the Professional last November and pining for Danilo Cortellini I had been hoping to try his food at some point. In fact, as he is the Head Chef at the Italian Embassy in London, it is privilege of our ambassador to eat his food every day, but kind of difficult for everyone else. When I met Danilo a couple of months back, he mentioned he was planning a series of pop ups and it is at one…
Day 1: Barletta – Silvi – Spello – Assisi, 490km All good things must come to an end, or so they say. It was time to come back to Blighty for the last leg of our summer road trip. We packed up and left a sunny Barletta on a monday morning, hitting the motorway almost immediately, still surrounded by olive groves, bright sun shining above us and the Adriatic sea a constant and distant companion to our right. Motorway…