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Rana family and chef Sodano, beyond the restaurant – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

Put together the Rana family, a food giant, which has promoted fresh pasta made in Italy around the world, and an enlightened chef, not only from the Michelin star, Francesco Sodano. The result is the construction of an entrepreneurial vision beyond the boundaries of creativity. A liaison that speaks of dedication, foresight and planning combined with avant-garde, innovation and research (passion is the common thread, but without this there is little to build). Let’s tell you about the new Family Rana Gourmet Experiencesthe restaurant – just renovated – born from the vision of Gian Luca Rana, managing director of the Rana Group, and that of Francesco Sodano who, after Faro di Capo d’Orso*, in Maiori, on the Amalfi Coast, accepted the challenge, not certainly easy, to represent through his dishes a long family tradition, a territory to which he belongs, but also a vision of experimental cuisine, at the same time sincere, rich in flavors, travels and experiences. From this meeting of personalities begins Rana’s new gastronomic narrative, which starts from the dish and the territory, which crosses countries and cultures, to then return home again, to the virtuous farm of the Rana family, immersed in the Feniletto Valley, a few kilometers from Verona.

Art, collectibles and lots of taste: the new restaurant Family Rana Gourmet Experiences

Beatrice Pilotto

The restyling of the former rice and tobacco warehouse

The raw-design style venue, renovated just over a month ago, was created from the walls of what was once a building dedicated to the storage of tobacco and rice. Every detail, from the colors of the walls to the handmade plates and glasses – with many references to the earth – but also contemporary works of art, many natural materials – such as the Milanese clay vases Nina Salsotto – and goodies from the Rana family home, such as cookbooks wrapped in neutral white paper. Among the unique pieces, also the large installation suspended from the ceiling made of roots, herbs, flowers and plants from the Feniletto Valley, collected by the local floral artist Octavia Bosco. The menus, the work of, have also been researched THEN, which stands for “Then I do it”, a Turin-based graphics studio. Last but not least, the collaboration with the stylist Antonio Marrasa friend of the Rana family, who designed in his classic patchwork style, the aprons intended for the restaurant’s dining and kitchen teams, and the dining jackets that follow the colors of the seasons.

A journey between technique, head and soul

Francesco Sodano

Beatrice Pilotto

But this is just the content of a place that offers experiences that pamper and rekindle all the senses. Three tasting menus are proposed, different but united between the professional and personal past of chef Sodano – born in 1988 of Campania origins -, the present of the place and the meeting with the Rana family. The gastronomic journey undertaken was that of the main menu, “Ricomincio da tre”, freely inspired by the film by Massimo Troisi. A journey that includes 12 courses divided into 6 acts of dishes signature of the chef, like the very delicate Leek between smoke and ashand the new creations inspired by local raw materials, such as Paddy rice with sturgeon stockfish. Among the most surprising is the Dirty cuttlefish with broccolia mouthful that inebriates with the delicacy of the sea and the strength of the earth and vegetables.

Don’t call it bread and chocolate

While among the sweet proposals, what seduces without second thoughts is the Negative of Bread and Nutella, the famous snack that Sodano interprets by reversing the colors: chocolate bread and white hazelnut cream. On top of a quenelle of ice cream clarified with hazelnut, a pinch of salt and a shower of grated truffle.

Coronavirus, Giovanni Rana increases employee salary by 25% – Italian Cuisine

Pastificio Rana's initiatives to support all employees who continue to work during the coronavirus emergency

Gian Luca Rana, managing director of Rana pasta factory, has launched an extraordinary plan of wage increases, worth 2 million euros, as a special recognition of the commitment of the 700 employees present in the 5 plants in Italy who are guaranteeing, even in this difficult moment, continuity in food supplies.

To be at the side of employees and in support of their families, there are also one of the measures envisaged 25% salary increase for each day worked and a extraordinary monthly ticket of 400 euros for babysitting expenses. The plan runs retroactively from March 9 and will also cover the month of April.

Gian Luca Rana has also decided to take out one insurance policy in favor of all employees of the Rana pasta factory, including those in smart working, in the event of contagion from Covid-19, in addition to strengthening the safety and prevention procedures already put in place by the company to deal with the ongoing emergency.

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London, Italian specialties at the temporary of the Rana family – Italian Cuisine

Until December 16th, in the heart of the city, for the first time, a real grocery store is open where fresh pasta will be the protagonist. You can do the shopping choosing between the best of gastronomy and crafts (and then take pictures of everything)

As in a grocery store, of those of the past, is located the most accurate selection of goodness genuine and enogastronomic specialties. But, at the same time, it is also a real photographic studio of the digital age, where every guest can build their own set. The temporary The Rana Grocer Family is, for the first time, in London, at 51 of Marylebone High Street, until December 16: in the heart of the city, a real grocery store where fresh pasta will be the star, and where you can go shopping choosing among the best of Italian gastronomy and craftsmanship.

All Italian delicacies

For the first time they arrive in England the special "goodies" of each province Italian: from the Apulian biscuits of Ceglie to the Val d'Aosta Tiles, from the Lonzino di Fico to the Cicerchia of Serra de 'Conti, to the extra virgin olive oil of Alfredo Cetrone from the Pontine Hills PDO of Sonnino. And, furthermore, the Nebbione of the hinterland of Parma, the cheese with the pomace vitovska of Friuli, the capers of the Aeolian islands, the pompia sardinia and the chinotto of Savona, the chickpeas of Paestum, and so on, of specialty in specialties. The Rana Grocer Family has also selected all you need for decoration of the table: the fresh flowers, the hand-painted fabrics by Gambettola from the Bertozzi family, the craftsmen from Treviso of Once Milano, the handmade dishes by the most expert ceramists.

The photo set

In the era of Instagram, why not give the opportunity to guests to photograph that small universe of specialties and share images on social media? The Rana Grocer Family thus becomes a true photographic studio of the digital age: every visitor can build their own set, choosing among marvelous marbles, ceramics and artisan fabrics. Flowers, fruits and vegetables adorn the shop. And from the floor, covered by a stretch of wooded leaves, marble slabs are raised that color the whole environment of green, violet, ocher, brown, red and pink. An engaging experience to share with friends, the ideal set to immortalize fresh pasta dishes prepared by Rana chefs, just a minute before enjoying it.