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Radici Piemontesi ETS and I.F.S.E.: collaboration to raise awareness of Piedmontese food and wine traditions

08 February 2025

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Italea Piemonte / Radici Piemontesi ETS and the I.F.S.E. Italian Food Style Education Association, the only cooking academy recognized as Italian Excellence by the General Secretariat of the Republic, have just signed a collaboration agreement to carry out, each according to their skills, “common” activities in support of the realization of the “2024 Year of Roots” project”, aimed at promoting and welcoming Italian and Italian-descendant travelers, intending to discover the places and traditions of their origins.

Under the name “Recipes of the roots“, short half-day workshops will allow participants to approach the tools for the preparation of a complete typical Piedmontese meal, from appetizer to dessert, and the relative pairings with wines and oils from our region.

Radici Piemontesi ETS – born in July 2023 thanks to the Call for Ideas promoted by MAECI DGIT as part of the 2024 Year of Roots project – builds and proposes, like Italea Piemonte within the vast regional and national Italea network, a specific tourist and cultural offer intended for Roots Travelers. Itineraries and activities that consider both the wealth of stories, cultures, landscapes, villages and traditions of the Piedmont Region and the specificity of the Traveller of the roots and his search for places of family and community memory. This new “roots” offer is aimed primarily at the more than six million Italians of Piedmontese origin residing in the world and takes care of every single service that can facilitate their journey in Italy. Equal attention is given to local communities by creating events, meetings, workshops aimed at strengthening both hospitality and the relationship with communities abroad to reconnect stories, knowledge and traditions and enhance and promote territories and villages through respectful, attentive and seasonally adjusted tourism.

 

The I.F.S.E. Association was founded with the mission of promoting the culture of high quality food and raising the culinary standard through training, updating and specialization in the catering and agri-food sector. I.F.S.E. is constantly committed to expanding and updating its educational offer to meet the new needs of the sector. Through the course at the Academy, students acquire the tools and knowledge necessary to be able to recognize and transmit the true taste and style of Italian cuisine, true Ambassadors of Italian cuisine in the world. With a solid foundation in the Italian culinary tradition, I.F.S.E. It looks to the future by training the next generation of professionals, aware and ready to enter the world of work with advanced technical skills and a solid value system. I.F.S.E. it is also responsible for disseminating and safeguarding the heritage of Made in Italy at an international level through the search for excellent products and its promotion and dissemination on national and foreign markets, through events, missions and targeted consultancy. We are dedicated to teaching the philosophy of Italian cuisine, paying particular attention to the health aspect through collaboration with qualified food doctors and agronomists.

The workshops – three options of one half day each – take place in Piobesi Torinese at the headquarters of the I.F.S.E. Academy.

 

  • Cooking class including: interactive demo of preparation of typical Piedmontese four-course menu. Lunch included.
  • Pastry course including: interactive demo of the preparation of hazelnut cake with IGP hazelnuts and gianduiotti
  • Sommelier course with three different options: vertical tasting of Barolo wine and food pairing; tasting of Vermuth and Barolo Chinato with chocolate pairing; tasting to rediscover flavors with extra virgin olive oils in combination with food.

 

The workshops, by reservation, provide for the participation of a minimum of two people to a maximum of sixteen and can take place, in Italian, English and Spanish, throughout the year. At the end a certificate of participation will be issued. The rooms of the Academy do not have architectural barriers.

Estimated costs: for groups of 6 to 8 pax € 950.00 (+ € 70.00 for each additional person); for groups of less than six the cost will be formulated according to the specific request (e.g. 2 pax € 400.00).

For information and registration: Agnese +39 3283964136 / iscrizioni@ifse.it

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