They are the young and talented chefs, those of JRS Italy, local phalanx of the historic association Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe, which has 88 members in our country, headed by Chef Luca Marchini. You can meet them month after month on Sale & Pepe. And every year they get together in congress, congress that this year was hosted by Community of San Patrignano.
It was not just an event, just a moment, but a beginning. The Congress was an opportunity to get in touch with a complex reality, to learn about routes, activities and visit the different structures. Why JRE Italia will work with the Community in a perspective of growth and education: the boys will have the possibility to carry out dining and kitchen internships in JRE restaurants, with a recruitment perspective; in addition, the chefs will provide their culinary art to organize dinners and charity evenings within San Patrignano, but also in their respective premises.
The "San Patrignano boys" were immediately involved: some of them were involved in the catering and dining studios, thus supporting the chefs Silvio Battistoni, Fabiana Download, Vinod Sookar and Manfred Kofler in the organization of the classical Gala dinner with which the Congress closes.
As every year the young representatives of the other Italian cuisine have shared successes and projects. Which are not few. Starting from the Florentine one, where the Chefs took to the field playing on the national passion for football and good food, to bring a message of conviviality and respect for the adversary: since the beginning of the championship the JREs have started at the stove at the Franchi stadium in Florence to honor the host team.
And then: it will go on # Tavola25, the initiative that JRE Italia has dedicated to young people in the 18/25 age group, in collaboration with Marchesi Antinori: to offer a menu three courses, accompanied by three glasses of Antinori wine, at 25 euros for Under 25 youth. The sold out recorded as early as the first week, and the continuous requests, led the Association to decide on extend the deadline initiative.
The training project continues with the Stresa School, hotel institute with the lessons of the JRE chefs and the "Discover talent" which includes two winners, one in the dining room and one in the kitchen, who has the 6-month internship award in a restaurant of their choice JRE
2018 was also "When Food meets Fashion", three days of cooking shows, tastings and fashion, organized by La Rinascente to find a point of contact between the great kitchen and the world of fashion.
The congress at San Patrignano, which took place last March 18, also represented the official moment in which unveil the names of the chefs who joined the Association: Simone Nardoni – Essenza Restaurant, Terracina (LT), 31 years old; Giorgio Bartolucci – Eurossola Restaurant, Domodossola (NO), 39 years old; Cesare Grandi – Ristorante La Limonaia, Turin, 30 years old; Federico Beretta – Restaurant Feel, Como, 35 years old.
"The JRE family is growing – stressed the president Luca Marchini – He is doing it with people, with the will and with the projects he carries on. I speak of common values, visions and intentions that are reconfirmed year after year as our commitment is reconfirmed. We arrived at the 26th Congress, the mirror of a time that has led us to be what we represent today and in which we believe: the passion for the world of cooking, hospitality, awareness, gastronomic and cultural experience ".
Aurora Quinto
April 2019
Photo credits: Stefano Caffarri and Nicola Boi
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