NUR-SULTAN – The sixth version of the Week of Italian Delicacies within the World was held Nov. 22-28 within the Kazakh capital and Almaty, reported the press service of the Italian Embassy in Kazakhstan.
Ambassador of Italy in Kazakhstan Marco Alberti delivers remarks on the Italian Magnificence dinner occasion on Nov. 26 within the Kazakh capital. Picture credit score: Press service of the Italian Embassy in Kazakhstan.
Total, 15 occasions have been organized highlighting the very good elements, artistic recipes, and sustainable ideas of the Mediterranean Food regimen and their hospitality customs. This system featured cultural and culinary conferences and occasions.
Launched in 2016, the occasion is without doubt one of the Italian Ministry of International Affairs and Worldwide Cooperation’s flagship initiatives of the annual promotional program titled “Vivere all’Italiana” (Italian lifestyle). It goals to advertise not solely the traditions of Italian delicacies but additionally the ideas of hospitality, sustainability, wellness related to the Mediterranean Food regimen, which has been inscribed by UNESCO among the many Intangible Cultural Heritages of Humanity since 2013.
This 12 months, the theme was Custom and views of Italian delicacies: the attention and enhanced appreciation of meals sustainability to spotlight the Mediterranean Food regimen as a mannequin of wholesome and sustainable eating regimen and life-style.
The style present that includes well-known Italian manufacturers was held on the Italian Magnificence dinner.
In accordance with Ambassador of Italy in Kazakhstan Marco Alberti, the occasion additionally goals to strengthen the Italian meals traditions and to point out that high quality and sustainability are vital.
“Meals and vogue are vital industries for Italy,” Alberti stated on the opening of the “Italian Magnificence dinner”, probably the most iconic occasions of the week, devoted to the delicacies and vogue.
“The forecasts for 2021 estimate 80 billion in exports (+ 17 % in comparison with 2020) as regards the style and associated sectors. The identical occurs with Italian delicacies. In 2019, The Economist printed an evaluation on the precise worth of the totally different nationwide cuisines, measured on the premise of what the inhabitants of the world eat exterior the house. Italian delicacies was by far essentially the most influential on this planet and the one able to expressing the best energy of attraction,” stated the Italian Ambassador.
He additionally defined what makes meals and vogue so iconic for Italy. “It’s the means to rework superior high quality of elements not solely into merchandise however into experiences. The second purpose is that there are millions of small and medium corporations working in these two sectors. The hallmark of Italy is the standard and magnificence collectively,” he added.
In Kazakhstan, the Italian Embassy organized the occasions in cooperation with the Italian establishments within the nation and native companions.
Italian Delicacies Week began with a convention devoted to meals that’s good for the earth. A sustainable and regenerative agricultural mannequin in cooperation with the Future Meals Institute of Bologna, Meals and Agriculture Group of the United Nations (FAO), and the Kazakh State Agrotechnical College was introduced in Nur-Sultan. The workshops on sustainable vitamin for varsity youngsters, a seminar on meals, the historical past of hospitality, a grasp class and a pageant of Italian Wine and Meals in Almaty have been additionally held.
