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Genoese Pesto World Championship: the final on March 23rd – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay


There are 100 competitors: 80 from Italy and 20 from abroad; the youngest is 20, the oldest is 90. They are the finalists of Genoese Pesto World Championship, on March 23 at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa. A key event for the Genoese and now not only for them. Because this competition, created to raise awareness the culture of the typical basil-based sauce, has crossed the borders of the region and Italy.

Genoese Pesto World Championship: how the competition takes place

Competitors now come from all over the world (even from Brazil), but in ten editions of Genoese Pesto World Championship there are two constants that fortunately have never changed: the playful spirit and joy that animates the race and the organizersand at the same time the regulation, rigid, which is faithful to the original pesto recipe. In fact, the competitors will have to prepare the pesto only with what is provided by the organizers, i.e. the ingredients of the recipe from the specifications of the Genoese Pesto Consortium: DOP Genoese basil from the Ligurian Riviera, Italian pine nuts, garlic from Vessalico (Imperia), DOP Parmigiano Reggiano, Sardinian flower, sea salt from the Trapani salt pans, DOP Ligurian Riviera DOP extra virgin olive oil.

What the Pesto Genovese champion wins

The 100 will compete in a first heat in the morning and then a jury made up of 30 expert judges – including we at “La Cucina Italiana” And a delegation from Alma, the prestigious international cooking school in Colorno (Parma) – will choose the best 10 for the final which will be played in the afternoon. Manual skill, colour, finesse, consistency and balance between the ingredients they will be the judging parameters based on which each proposal will be given a score. Up for grabs an olive wood pestle with a gold-wrapped handle worth around 2 thousand euros and worldwide fame, which is priceless.

What to do in Genoa during the Pesto World Championship

March 23rd will be a party, even before a race, hosted by Roberto Panizza, director of the championship, together with Marisa Passera, historic presenter of Radio Deejay, which will involve the entire city. The World Pesto Championship final will in fact be the highlight of a long series of events dedicated to the culture of pesto, but also to fun.
Among those that will be held on March 23, the Children’s Championship organized by the Consorzio del Basilico Genovese DOP, the Lollipop Choir with 20 choristers of all ages who will interpret theAnthem of the World Championship written by the band Buio Pesto. Meanwhile, outside the championship, there is a rich calendar. For example the March 21st a guided tour of the botanical garden with the theme “Essence of botany. Journey through perfumes, from the table to public greenery” and on March 22, in the Sala Trasparenza della Regione, a series of talks on the present and future of pesto, from the presentation of Genoese Pesto Revealed, that is, the presentation of the book by photographer Craig Wales, to a scientific research on the formula for the perfect pesto coordinated by Ben Thuriaux, before an inevitable demonstration on how pesto is produced in a mortar. Obviously it will be a special occasion to taste pesto: all week in Genoa there will be the “Ligurian Restaurateurs’ Pesto Week”who participate in the promotion of traditional cuisine in collaboration with Ascom, Confesercenti and Genova Liguria Gourmet (the complete program of the long weekend is on www.pestochampionship.it)

«Almost twenty years of work on the Mortar Pesto World Championship have changed the perception that the world has of our sauce”, said championship director Roberto Panizza. «The road is still long, but we think we have actively supported this growth: when we started, finding pesto in many medium-high range restaurants was almost impossible, while today even the most prestigious establishments offer it to customers. The championship’s work to promote the tradition of pesto and its recipe is therefore well underway and we are equipped to face the next twenty years.”

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Parabere Forum 2024: Rosa Bertel and Asocoman, from field to table – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay


From the stage of Parabere Forum 2024: “I am Rosa Bertel, I am Colombian and I am proud of my land. It’s the first time I’ve left my country, and I’m here for the first time to come to Europe and talk to you.”

It starts like this Rosa Bertel on stage at the ninth edition of forum which took place in Rome at the beginning of March at the Luiss University. The Parabere Forum it is the congress that catalyzes female intelligence around the theme of food organized by Maria Canabalpresident of the congress and among the most influential women in the world in terms of gastronomy, who understood the strength of women before many.

«I’m here to tell you the story of Asocoman, the conservation project that brings the gastronomy of the countryside to the city, biodiversity and the richness of the earth at the restaurant table. I have always sat in the back rows in my life and today I am on this stage.” She says it calmly, with modesty. Applause, emotion. She is a shy and resolute woman, with gray hair, surprisingly perfect nails – and I will later discover why, an oddity for a person who lives in the countryside without light, without a refrigerator, hours away from the first town and who In the summer he has to go to a neighbor to get ice so he can drink fresh water.

«In my land in Colombia Before, men worked and the association that has existed for 18 years was a vertical structure only. Women participated, but had no role other than to stay at home. There was no salary, no defined job for them, for us. Then it arrived Miguel Durangoan agronomist son of a farmer who made us understand how we could contribute and how to create attractive products for restaurants in big cities, how to preserve the richness of the Colombian countryside and diversify the offer.”

That is how 23 families come together in a cooperative and this is how they give life to an excellent, diversified product crop, attentive to biodiversity – and Rosa was the light that guided everything.

Rosario.Mustari@gmail.com

Rosa Bertel and Asocoman, from field to table

His life is not easy. Colombian, married, 47 years old, she has the dignity of a princess campesina. «I had to flee my country because of drug trafficking and take refuge in Venezuela with my family. I was a carer on weekdays and a manicurist for the ladies of Caracas on the weekend. I worked a lot and with my husband we managed to get by. Then the times improved and we returned home.”



Bubbles of the World 2024: news and winners – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

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The 19th edition of the congress ended with a breath of fresh air (and several toasts). Gourmet Identities. The last day was an opportunity to present the third edition of the app Bubbles of the world dedicated to the best international sparkling wine production of 740 labels – 115 more than in 2023 – from 39 countries around the world. Not only that: the awards 2024which they saw winning champagne with Benoît GouezChef de Cave Moët & Chandon, awarded for innovation, and Cédric Moussé of the Maison Moussé Fils for the sustainable vision.

Bubbles of the world 2024: the prizes and the winners

BUBBLES OF THE WORLD AND INNOVATION

Benoît Gouez – Chef de Cave Moët & Chandon

BUBBLES OF THE WORLD VISION OF SUSTAINABILITY

Cédric Moussé – Champagne Moussé Fils – Cuisles FRANCE

THE VARIETY TO DISCOVER

Nero Buono – Cantina Marco Carpineti
Classic Method Sparkling Wine Kius Pas Dosé 2013

Trentapioli Asprinio d’Aversa Doc, Cantina Salvatore Martusciello

YOUNG PEOPLE WITH BEAUTIFUL HOPES, GOOD FIRST TIME

Cantina Gabrile Magno – Classic Method Pas Dosé 2019

FAMILY MATTERS

Tenuta I Fauri – Di Camillo family

AUTHOR’S LABEL

Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro SuDiGiri by Pezzuoli from the Maranello vineyards

Anthologie de Marjosse, Cuvée Blansky Blanc de Blancs 2019, Chateau Marjosse de Pierre Lurton

THE COMMUNICATORS

Hosam Eldin Abou Eleyoun

Adua Villa

Ciro Fontanesi

Andrea Amadei

BUBBLES OF THE WORLD The Expert

They Avellan

Bubbles of the world, the third edition

Bubbles of the world is the project signed by Paolo Marchi And Cinzia Benzi, Founder and curator of Identità Golose and Donna del vino respectively, entirely dedicated to best international sparkling wine production. Not just a simple guide, it’s a free app, unpublished And transversal available in Italian and English, dedicated to wine lovers but also to all those who love to travel to discover the treasures of food and wine culture with curiosity and international perspective. The language is simple, professional but never too rigid, exhaustive in just 1300 characters with a glossary to consult and a terminological summary, placed in alphabetical order.

The new edition matters 740 cellars (115 more than 2023) in 39 countries from all over the world, an authentic anthology of the best world production which tells 53% of theItaly, while 47% includes European wineries with the rest of the world. Without a doubt the Francewith the wine regions of Champagne, Alsace, Burgundy, Loire And Jurarepresents 30% of this 47%, the remaining cellars are in Spain, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Albania, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Slovenia, Swiss, Israel, Türkiye, India, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Canada, United States, Australia, New Zeland. New this year: Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Malta, Lebanon, Indonesia, Mexico And Vietnam. The prevalence is classic methoda trend on the not dosed and a small growth of Pet Nat created with the so-called ancestral method.

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