In twenty years the school Virgilio Titone of Castelvetrano (Tp) has formed generations of young chefs who often brought the traditions and the Sicilian tradition beyond the Strait of Messina. So why not celebrate this important anniversary with a mega party? Thanks to
support of partners who collaborate on a permanent basis with the Institute (one of them, the Cultural Route of the Council of Europe La Rotta dei Fenici) has been prepared a big birthday party, a container of events for the promotion and enhancement of resources first of all enogastronomic but also cultural and environmental of the Valle del Belice.
Here, then, Twenty E-winds: because there are twenty years to remember, twenty Sicilian, Italian and foreign hotel schools (from Germany, France and Spain) invited to celebrate this anniversary together, twenty times of celebration (between meetings, tastings, workshops) that, from 2 to 5 April, will animate the spaces of the Titone, housed in a monument of industrial archeology as the former Oleificio SAICA.
The program is packed: at the heart of the event will be the challenge between future chefs and barmen ready to compete on the theme Discovering the Mediterranean: a journey through flavors, knowledge and sensations. But in the school spaces will also be set up a Taste Village, with tastings and tastings of food
typically local road (from arancine to bread and panelle).
There will also be workshops on extra virgin olive oil (produced in the area with the amazing olives of the Nocellara del Belice cultivar), on wine (the area is particularly suited to the production of Grillo, Catarratto, Inzolia, Nero d'Avola, ie the Gotha dei native Sicilian vines), on the Ancient Grains, (here is the Tumminìa with which one makes the black bread of Castelvetrano, one of the Slow Food Presidia); on the cheeses of local master cheesemakers (just to name the Vastedda del Belice, another Slow Food Presidium).
And then show coking with the live preparation of a Sicilian cassata from Guinness. And, again, workshops created in collaboration with start-ups and companies of excellence in the sector that will cover various topics such as "Cultural itineraries and creative tourism: work in progress", "Food and wine tourism: a tour in the territory between Couscous, busiate and taste of the sea ". And last but not least guided tours to discover the artistic and cultural beauties of the territory, between the ruins of Selinunte and the baroque splendours of Castelvetrano. (info: info@fenici.net)
Enrico Saravalle
March 2019
photo credits: Flavio Leone
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