Participants Of Second Festival Of Italian Cuisine In Yerevan Awarded Prizes
30.09.2011,
03:23
Ceremony of awarding honored prizes to the best restaurant-participants of the second festival “Week of Italian cuisine” in Yerevan took place in the Embassy of Italy in Armenia on Thursday.
YEREVAN, September 29. /ARKA/. Ceremony of awarding honored prizes to the best restaurant-participants of the second festival “Week of Italian cuisine” in Yerevan took place in the Embassy of Italy in Armenia on Thursday.
The festival started on September 26 and will last to October 2. It was organized by the initiative of the Embassy of Italy in Armenia and the company “Horizon 95”. Twenty restaurants of Yerevan participate in the festival.
Ambassador of Italy in Armenia Bruno Scapini said that the restaurant taken the first place in the festival will represent Embassy of Italy in the World Day of Cook which will the first time be celebrated on October 20 in Yerevan.
Second and third prizewinners received certificates for obtaining special Italian products of the company “Andako” and “Products of Cicily” imported to Armenia in the amount of 200 and 100 euro respectively.
Other participants of the festival were awarded certificates of participation on behalf of the embassy.
Scapini said that while selecting the winners, the jury of the festival has considered three main criteria – appearance of food, taste and technical part, i.e. how the cooks used the receipts when cooking Italian delicacies.
Jury members are: professor of culinary institute Chipriani near Adria (Venice, North Italy), chef cook Luigi Mandrutsatto, Director of the Fund “Slow Food” on maintenance of biodiversity and support of endangered types of products Ruslan Poghosyan and representative of Italian Embassy in Armenia Pasquale Matseo.
Scapini said that the level of Italian restaurants in Yerevan has significantly increased, compared to the first festival organized in 2007.
Professor Mandrutsatto highly appreciated the culinary level of all the contestants, emphasizing their love towards their work and respect to Italian culinary.
He said that during the master-classes for the Armenian cooks (September 22-23) his audience demonstrated not only their love to the cuisine but also wonderful professional skills.
During the festival gourmets could enjoy dishes typical for such Italian regions as Veneto, Sicily, Tuscany, Calabria, Sardinia, Lazio, Campania, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Puglia, Piedmont.
The first time the festival of Italian cuisine took place on March 24, 2007. The visitors and the guests of the event tasted different types of Italian ice-cream, confectionery , cheese, as well as Italian wine. –0—
The festival started on September 26 and will last to October 2. It was organized by the initiative of the Embassy of Italy in Armenia and the company “Horizon 95”. Twenty restaurants of Yerevan participate in the festival.
Ambassador of Italy in Armenia Bruno Scapini said that the restaurant taken the first place in the festival will represent Embassy of Italy in the World Day of Cook which will the first time be celebrated on October 20 in Yerevan.
Second and third prizewinners received certificates for obtaining special Italian products of the company “Andako” and “Products of Cicily” imported to Armenia in the amount of 200 and 100 euro respectively.
Other participants of the festival were awarded certificates of participation on behalf of the embassy.
Scapini said that while selecting the winners, the jury of the festival has considered three main criteria – appearance of food, taste and technical part, i.e. how the cooks used the receipts when cooking Italian delicacies.
Jury members are: professor of culinary institute Chipriani near Adria (Venice, North Italy), chef cook Luigi Mandrutsatto, Director of the Fund “Slow Food” on maintenance of biodiversity and support of endangered types of products Ruslan Poghosyan and representative of Italian Embassy in Armenia Pasquale Matseo.
Scapini said that the level of Italian restaurants in Yerevan has significantly increased, compared to the first festival organized in 2007.
Professor Mandrutsatto highly appreciated the culinary level of all the contestants, emphasizing their love towards their work and respect to Italian culinary.
He said that during the master-classes for the Armenian cooks (September 22-23) his audience demonstrated not only their love to the cuisine but also wonderful professional skills.
During the festival gourmets could enjoy dishes typical for such Italian regions as Veneto, Sicily, Tuscany, Calabria, Sardinia, Lazio, Campania, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Puglia, Piedmont.
The first time the festival of Italian cuisine took place on March 24, 2007. The visitors and the guests of the event tasted different types of Italian ice-cream, confectionery , cheese, as well as Italian wine. –0—
