Italian Cuisine Week to provide Jeddawis with real taste of Italy
A press conference was held on Monday in Jeddah at the Italian Cultural Club to reveal details of Italian Cuisine Week, which will run from Wednesday through Monday in Jeddah.
Elisabetta Martini, the consul general of Italy in Jeddah, invited the main sponsors to tell the media about the event.
The sponsors including restaurants, hotels representatives, and distributors introduced their plans for the week where each sponsor will be organizing an Italian event in a different location.
This is the second edition of the Italian Cuisine Week as the first one was in 2016. The Italian government wanted to help restaurants with Italian chefs who are the best ambassadors of Italian culture all over the world in promoting Italian food.
Seetaff, Piatto, Assila Hotel, Sharbatly Fruit, Ferrero, Park Hyatt, Hilton Hotel, Luacker, and the University of Business and Technology are partners and sponsors.
Martini said: “Our aim of this event is not only to promote our own products and restaurants, but also to help local realities and universities to develop the knowhow to do better in supporting Vision 2030.”
She added: “Diplomacy is not only parties and visas, but also in economic development.”
There are many Italian restaurants operating here in the Kingdom, but according to Martini, it is important to differentiate between the authentic ones which have Italian chefs and use Italian ingredients, and those that just have Italian names.
Last year the Italian Cultural Club hosted a special guest, Chef Marco Martini from Rome. Chef Marco is owner of The Corner restaurant, and in 2013 was named the best emerging chef in Italy.
This year, Chef Eleonora Galasso, an Italian food interpreter and a well-known social media figure in Italy, will be the special guest. She will appear on a cooking show and participate in the week’s activities.
The events available for the public are as follows:
Wednesday 1:00 p.m.: Ribbon cutting for Piatto’s new menu
Thursday 1:30 p.m.: Ribbon cutting for Lallo Italian Restaurant’s new menu.
7:00 p.m.: Safina Hilton will celebrate Italian Cuisine Week.
Friday 1:30 p.m.: Chef Galasso will be at Tartufo, where the public can enjoy tasting the menu.
7:00 p.m.: A ribbon-cutting ceremony for new Italian products to be provided at Manuel Supermarket. Also on the same day, a workshop by Chef Galasso and Saudi Chef Basma Al-Kareji under the title “Women and gastronomy between East and West” will be held at the Social Kitchen.
Monday 1:00 p.m.: Park Hyatt Jeddah.