Gennaro Esposito - chef of Torre del Saracino in Vico Equense - is ready to go ashore on Capri Island, with a new adventure named Mammà: it will open next mid-June on the famous Piazzetta, proposing a Mediterranean/Caprese cuisine for 60 seats maximum. In the kitchen with Gennaro, his long-time sous-chef of Vico Salvatore La Ragione. Plus, in a place nearby Mammà, Esposito will run a pizzeria with a wood oven and 50 seats: pizza napoletana and fritti
5 July–29 September 2013, The Somerset House in London will host "Ferran Adrià and the art of food", a major retrospective exhibition on chef Ferran Adrià and the restaurant he built to become the world’s best. Charting the evolution of elBulli, the exhibition will feature an in-depth, multimedia display of each of the essential ingredients that make up the culinary creative mastermind of Adrià and his team: research, preparations, presentations
The fourth floor of Eataly, on the Ostiense neighborhood, hosts today the first edition of Roma Food & Wine Festival, a format following in Milan event's footsteps: from May 17th to 19th, Identità Golose and Merano Wine Festival will join forces to put together 15 chefs' dishes and hundreds of wines from 60 Italian winemakers, a three day event marked by gourmet food and wine. Click here to get all the informations you need
On Tuesday May 28th, 2.30 pm, at the Terme di Montecatini (Pistoia), Gualtiero Marchesi and Paul Bocuse, founders and honorary presidents of Euro Toques association, will award Sirio Maccioni, the New York Le Cirque's restaurant owner, with the first international prize Euro Toques Italia, created by new president Enrico Derflingher. "I'm happy to celebrate Maccioni, a maestro, un real, great maitre", already commented Marchesi himself
Arcangelo Dandini, chef/owner of L'Arcangelo restaurant in Rome, neighborhood Prati, will replace Enrico and Roberto Cerea in the Roma Food&Wine Festival, on Friday May 17th from 7 to 10 pm. Dandini will prepaire Pollo alla romana, Chicken Roman style
La Plage Resort in Taormina (Messina) is going to host five dinners signed by important Italian chefs: first appointment, May 21th with Pietro D'Agostino of Taormina's Capinera; June 18th with Angelo Sabatelli of Masseria Spina in Monopoli (Bari), July 16th with Paolo Barrale of Marennà in Sorbo Serpico (Avellino), August 6th with Marco Sacco of Piccolo Lago in Verbania and September 2nd with Roy Caceres of Metamorfosi in Rome
Massimo Bottura and Marta Pulini's dishes in Milan. You might taste them from May 17th to 25th at Caffè Carlyle in corso Garibaldi 84, Brera neighborhood. The Cafè will host the special temporary restaurant of Franceschetta 58, Modena's more easy-going restaurant of the notorious chef. Every dish in the menu will cost 15 euro; 45 euro for 3 dishes. Booking at +39.02.29003888 at ristorazione@brerahotels.it
Carlo Petrini, the founder of the Slow Food movement and of Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche in Pollenzo, and also a columnist of Repubblica newspaper, has just been awarded with the Birra Moretti award for spreading food culture, an important award that is part of Il Premiolino, promoted by Birra Moretti itself. Together with Petrini, other journalists were awarded: read who here
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Libera Terra, an association born to value properties that were confiscated to organized criminality, directed by Don Luigi Ciotti, just won the first edition of the premio Francesco Arrigoni, an award bearing the name of the journalist from Bergamo prematurely passed away. The prize will be given by wife Antonella and sons Dante and Gregorio next Saturday 4th, Francesco's birthday, in the San Pietro in Lamosa monastery, Provaglio, Franciacorta region
El Celler de Can Roca in Girona is the best restaurant in the world according to the World's 50Best 2013. Joan, Josep and Jordi Roca climbed over Renè Redzepi's Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark, that ranked first on the last 3 editions. The podium is completed with Massimo Bottura's Osteria Francescana. Mugaritz of Andoni Luiz Aduriz in Errenteria, Bask Ccountries, ranked fourth. Fifth, Eleven Madison Park of Daniel Humm in New York
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Brothers Jordi, Joan and Josep Roca from restaurant El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Spain, revealed in London all the details of El Somni, "The dream", a long-awaited culinary opera, a multi-sensorial gastronomic experience that will involve also videos, robots and music. It will be centered around number 12, inpired by XVII century French chef François Vatel and release together with audiovisual artist Franc Aleu. All the informations coming soon
Everything is ready at The Georgian, the fourth floor of Harrods di Londra, for today's Identità London superlunch. Protagonists of the supermenu: Massimo Bottura from Osteria Francescana, Enrico e Roberto Cerea of Da Vittorio, Carlo Cracco from Cracco, Gennaro Esposito from La Torre del Saracino, Luciano Monosilio of Pipero al Rex and Davide Scabin of Combal.Zero. Soon online all the pictures

Carlo Cracco, Davide Scabin, Enrico and Roberto Cerea, Gennaro Esposito, Luciano Monosilio and Massimo Bottura: the protagonists of The Lunch of a Lifetime, the ultimate Italian pranzo in the new edition of Identità London organized by Harrods and Identità Golose on Sunday 28th April 2013 in The Georgian restaurant at Harrods.
On Sunday 28th April 2013, Harrods will play host to seven of the world’s top Italian chefs, who, when combined, bring a total of 13 Michelin stars to the iconic department store. Massimo Bottura, the brothers Enrico and Roberto Cerea, Carlo Cracco, Gennaro Esposito, Luciano Monosilio and Davide Scabin, will join forces with the renowned Milanese chef’s congress, Identità Golose, to serve the ultimate Italian pranzo in the new edition of Identità London.
Each chef will create a dish for the seven-course lunch, taking place in The Georgian restaurant at Harrods. Brothers Enrico and Roberto Cerea, from three Michelin-starred restaurant Da Vittorio, will together create a Salted codfish salad with codfish tripe and smoked potato mousse starter, along with a grand dessert buffet. Massimo Bottura will be serving his Beautiful Psychedelic Veal, not Flame Grilled, one of the signature dish at his three Michelin-starred restaurant, Osteria Francescana which is ranked number five in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.
In addition, the head chef of Ristorante Cracco, Carlo Cracco, will be producing a starter of Saffron poached egg with courgettes and mussels, while Davide Scabin, chef proprietor of Combal.Zero, will create a Pasta Shake. The two restaurants ranked 55th and 59th in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, respectively. Other dishes that will be served during the lunch are White fish in an aromatic herb crust with a chlorophyll reduction, created by Gennaro Esposito, chef at two Michelin-starred restaurant La Torre Del Saracino, and the legendary Carbonara of one of Italy’s youngest Michelin-starred chefs, Luciano Monosilio.
The lunch will take place over the course of the afternoon, in typical relaxed, Italian style. Before each course is served, the chef will take to the stage to demonstrate the intricacies of creating his chosen dish. A Harrods trained sommelier will then give a brief description of the wine or beer that has been carefully chosen to complement it. Six screens, placed around the room, will ensure that every guest is able to see the demonstrations from wherever they are sitting. The intimate nature of the lunch allows guests to partake in culinary discussions with the chefs, guided by a top industry figure who will lead Q&A sessions throughout the afternoon. Allowing for a convivial, informal atmosphere, guests will dine on large round tables, each seating up to 10.
Offering excellent value at £150 per person, including a seven-course lunch and selected matching wines, tickets to the exclusive event go on sale on Monday 15th April. A limited number of 100 tickets are available.
To book, please contact Harrods Concierge on 020 7225 6874 or email concierge@harrods.com. Full payment will be taken in advance upon reservation.
| published on 11-04-2013 in IDENTITÀ LONDON




















