Francesco Panella is back on TV to help the catering industry brought to its knees by the global health emergency Covid-19. From 26 October, "Let's rekindle the fires" every Monday at 9:25 pm on channel Nove and streaming on DPlay
"LET'S RESTART THE FIRES" is the mantra of Francesco Panella, which carries Italy in its heart and has a great desire to help the catering sector put to the test by the global health emergency Covid-19. The Roman restaurateur known to the public thanks to the success of Little Big Italy and businessman, that from the Ancient Pesa of Rome has successfully brought the family tradition to New York, it certainly did not remain idle. He had already talked about it with passion on TV, then he put his many years of experience as a restaurateur at the disposal of Costa Group to arrive at new solutions for the hospitality sector. But that's not enough. Like a volcano in full eruption, Francesco Panella returns to TV with a new project aimed at supporting less fortunate colleagues by giving advice to fix their business models and help to understand how to deal with a changed reality.
Let's rekindle the fires
He started with a tam-tam from his Instagram account which has about 150 thousand followers, Francesco Panella has chosen five family-run restaurants, just as the great majority in our country are, and just as many families as protagonists of the first edition of "LET'S RESTART THE FIRES ". The new program produced by EndemolShine Italy for Discovery Italy will air from 26 October every Monday at 21:25 on NINE and available in streaming on Dplay.
To rekindle not only the fires, but also hope, he will think about it Francesco Panella, who returns to Italy for the occasion and makes himself available for support parents, children, siblings, who share life and work and who risk losing everything if the business doesn't work. In each episode Francesco, thanks to the help of an accomplice – a relative or a friend of the restaurateur – will be able to infiltrate undercover and with hidden cameras inside the restaurants: only in this way will he be able to observe closely and without filters the real problems of these activities. After the unveiling, he will want to see the owner at work in order to identify errors and propose real solutions.
The format provides for the presence of a secret customer, or a professional in the sector who will give his opinion on the restaurant: our Director Maddalena Fossati; Allan Bay, journalist and food critic for Corriere della Sera; the chef Arcangelo Dandini; Andrea Grignaffini, food critic of the L’Espresso group; Bernardo Toccafondi, social media manager of Eataly Net. Finally, after having brought out all the problems, he will restart the engines of the activities with new strategies and will help the families of the restaurateurs to meet and rekindle the fires to restart a new journey.
"LET'S RESTART THE FIRES" (5 episodes of 60 minutes) together with Francesco Panella in support of Italian catering, a priceless treasure of our Italy.
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