Italian wine in Italy from grape to glass is a passionate obsession for producers and consumers the world over. This is due to there being over 800 grape varieties across 20 wine growing regions of stunning vineyards. According to the world’s largest online wine publication Decanter, the UK & Ireland consumed a record 127 million […]
Tag Archives: italian cuisine
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Jun
Jun
According to Eater.com less than 30% of restaurants across Europe including Italy, the UK and Ireland employ female chefs in their kitchens. Meet Chiara Pavan from Verona who is looking to change that trend. “I dream of a future in which there will no longer be such gender distinctions – especially in the kitchen” Chiara […]
12
Jun
Jun
Ireland’s best loved foreign cuisine is officially Italian with 37% of the nation deciding this in the last big food survey by Taste of Dublin. Interestingly enough Ireland is fast becoming the foreign country of choice for so many Italian nationals due to the booming Irish economy. For example over 250,000 Italians visit Dublin each […]
12
May
May
Italian Chef Enrico Crippa and his three Michelin starred restaurant Piazza Duomo in Alba won The Best Contemporary Restaurant in Piedmont at The Love Italian Life Awards Ceremony in Dublin last year. Enrico talks about his success & Alba which is famous for white truffles and the great red wines Barolo & Barbaresco. Read the […]
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Apr
Apr
Imagine bringing together 125,000 visitors from 145 countries with 4,600 wine exhibitors and 33,000 foreign buyers for the largest wine exhibition in the world. Then hosting it in the city of Italian renaissance, home to the greatest Shakespearean love story of all time – Romeo and Juliet. That is exactly what happened in Verona this […]
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Mar
Mar
Lorenzo Cogo the youngest Michelin starred chef-owner in Italy appears in a brand new social media video (watch YouTube version) providing a fascinating insight into his personal story and how his restaurant El Coq in Vicenza, Veneto was voted The Best Contemporary Restaurant in Italy 2018 at the recent Dublin ceremony of The Love Italian […]
09
Feb
Feb
Chef Mauro Uliassi of Uliassi on the coastal resort of Senigallia in Marche was recently awarded its third Michelin star at the end of 2018, 18 years after its first and nine after its second. It is now two years in a row that an Italian restaurant has made it onto the elite list of […]
09
Nov
Nov
The Love Italian Life 2019 Awards international ceremony will take place on Tuesday November 19th in Dublin, Ireland celebrating the greatest contemporary Italian restaurants and chefs in the UK, Ireland and Italy. The awards criteria focuses on the quality of ingredients, recipe innovation, contemporary Italian cooking techniques, dish presentation and Italian heritage of chefs. The public […]
06
Sep
Sep
So there I was, quenching my thirst in the beaming 29 degree heat sipping the straw of my joyfully over-sized glass of Aperol spritz. While at the same time tucking into a fresh Italian aperitivo of salami and cheeses on a bustling canal watching tourist after tourist pass me by in my calming moment of […]
08
Aug
Aug
Meet Chef Niko Romito who is the owner of three-Michelin star Reale restaurant in Abruzzo, Italy which has been on the San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list for the last 3 years in a row. Niko’s cooking philosophy follows a unique way of combining surprising ingredients, techniques, textures and a purity of flavours into […]