The Piedmontese “il food” industry arranges a festival

Tuesday 24th October, 2023 - Bruce Sterling

*This has really gotten systematized and intense. Imagine going out for a breakfast coffee-tasting with a “coffelier” on duty.

https://buonissimatorino.it/en/program-23/

BUONISSIMA | PROGRAM EDITION 2023
BUONISSIMA 2023 PREVIEW
October 24, 8:30 p.m. | Ristorante Del Cambio – Piazza Carignano 2, Turin

MATTEO BARONETTO WITH NIKO ROMITO – REALE
With the participation of Michelangelo Pistoletto

For reservations: eventi@delcambio.it | 011 54 66 90

BUONISSIMA OFFICIAL OPENING & BOB NOTO AWARD
October 25, 4:30 p.m. | Centrale Nuvola Lavazza – Via Ancona 11/A, Turin

BUONISSIMA 2023 OFFICIAL OPENING
With Artistic Directors Matteo Baronetto, Stefano Cavallito and Luca Iaccarino.

BOB NOTO AWARD

With the Prize jury: Ferran Adrià, Davide Scabin, Antonella Fassio, Sara Peirone, Marco Bolasco, Paolo Griffa, the Artistic Direction of Buonissima.

The prize will be awarded by the outgoing winners Massimiliano and Raffaele Alajmo.

TALK “CREATIVITY IN THE KITCHEN”

A conversation dedicated to creativity in the kitchen with Ferran Adrià, Massimiliano Alajmo and the winner of the 2023 Bob Noto Prize, René Redzepi.

Open to the public

Reservations open

ALTITUDES
October 26th, 8 p.m. | OGR Turin – Corso Castelfidardo 22, Turin

A journey into different ecosystems with Virgilio Martinez to discover the relationship between food, people and nature in an extraordinary plant setting: his Central in Lima was named the world’s best restaurant by the 50 Best Restaurants 2023 ranking.

Reservations open

THE CIRCLE
October 27th, 1 p.m. | Scat_to | Gallerie d’Italia – Piazza San Carlo 156, Turin

Buonissima Torino presents: THE CIRCLE.  A 4-hands lunch where tradition and innovation become a synergistic exchange between chefs Christian Costardi (Scat_to) and Terry Giacomello (NIN). A moment where food and art will see the fulfillment of this circular sharing in the visit of the exhibition “The Circle” at the Gallerie d’Italia.

Open to the public

For reservations click here or call +39 351 74 80 123

AGNOLOTTI & FRIENDS
Oct. 28, 8 p.m. | Eataly Lingotto – Via Fenoglietti, 14, Turin

Is there anything more perfect than stuffed pasta?

A great traveling dinner where chefs from all over Italy will cook their interpretations of stuffed pasta, both Italian and foreign!

The protagonists will be:

✦ The pumpkin cappellacci with butter and sage by Giuseppe Rambaldi, Cucina Rambaldi (TO)
✦ Chinese dumplings (xiao long bao, lamb dumplings, crystal dumplings) by Tina Dai, Lao (TO)
✦ The buckwheat ravioli, salt cod, potatoes cooked in terracotta, pecorino cheese and ‘nduja by Valentina Rizzo, Farmacia dei Sani (LE)
✦ Sicilian ravioli filled with caciocavallo ragusano and sheep’s milk ricotta, with spleen and lung, veal jus and lemon zest by Fabio Cardillo, Buatta Cucina Popolana (PA)
✦ The gyoza of Naomi Sonoda, Le Petit Restaurant Japonais (TO)
✦ The fried agnolotti del plin stuffed with beef sausage and potatoes with parmesan cream by Patrik Lisa, Eataly Lingotto (TO)
✦ Patrik Lisa’s sweet ravioli, Eataly Lingotto (TO)

Reservations open

SUNDAY LUNCH. PIEDMONTESE STYLE
October 29th, 12:30 p.m. | Rivoli Castle – Museum of Contemporary Art – Piazzale Mafalda di Savoia, Rivoli (TO)

A table as long as a family. The best Piedmontese products and recipes to conquer the world. Mixed appetizers, tajarin, second courses of meat. In the kitchen, the region’s top and pop best chefs.

In the kitchen: Marco Sacco, Piccolo Lago (Verbania), Christian Milone, Trattoria Zappatori (Pinerolo), Jacopo Tinelli, Tre Galline (Turin), Marco Massaia, Ristorante Radici (Castigliole d’Asti), Alessia Rolla, Cantina Nicola (Cocconato), Daniele Rota, Antiche Sere (Turin),

To see the Menu, click here

Reservations open

BISTROMANIA
October 29th, from 11 a.m. | Edit – Piazza Teresa Noce 15/A, Turin

Bistro party with friends and producers. From morning to late night: food and music.

Live music: The Hats | The Soup

Dj set: The Cabina | Samuel Dj Set (Subsonica)

To register for free click here (la registrazione è obbligatoria)

METTI TORINO A CENA
October 25th-29th

Chefs from Turin host national and international chefs for a special 4-hands dinner.

October 25th
Dinner:
Magazzino 52, Via Giovanni Giolitti, 52/A – Dario Rista with Locanda Sant’Uffizio – Gabriele Boffa | menù
San Giors, Via Borgo Dora, 3/A – Giulio Carlo Ferrero with Fuzion Food – Domenico Volgare | menù

Thursday, October 26th
Dinner:
Azotea, Via Maria Vittoria 49/B – Alexander Robles and Matteo Fornaro with Nik’s & Co Cocktails – Paolo Bertin and Leo Sculli | menù
Bifrò, Via Giuseppe Mazzini 23 – Roberto Pintadu with Andreina – Errico Recanati | menù
Casa Vicina, Via Fenoglietti 20/b – Claudio Vicina and Anna Vicina with Il Cascinalenuovo – Walter Ferretto | menù
Kensho, Via dei Mercanti, 16 – Alessandro Daddea with Paolo Griffa at Caffè Nazionale – Paolo Griffa | menù a sorpresa
Le Vitel Etonné, Via San Francesco da Paola, 4 – Massimiliano Brunetto with Umami Restaurant | menù
Limonaia, Via Mario Ponzio 10 – Cesare Grandi with Semola Fina – Manuel Merlo and Sofia Omodeo Iuli – Cascina Iuli – Fabrizio Iuli | menù
Mare Nostrum, Via Matteo Pescatore, 16f – Stefano Lanzafame with Brace Pura – Johnny Mazzarino | menù
Opera, Via Sant’Antonio da Padova 3 – Stefano Sforza with Io Luigi Taglienti – Luigi Taglienti | menù
San Tommaso 10, Via San Tommaso, 10 – Gabriele Eusebi with La Madia – Pino Cuttaia | menù

Friday, October 27th
Dinner:
Al Gufo Bianco, Corso Dante 129 – Andrea Pio and Maurizio Zito with Insolito Ristorante – Daniele Baruzzi | menù
Rebel, Corso Re Umberto, 34/b – Nicola Di Tarsia with Cucina Rambaldi – Beppe Rambaldi | menù
Snodo OGR, Corso Castelfidardo 22 – Giuseppe Di Iorio with Raffaele Amitrano | menù
Tre Galli, Via Sant’Agostino, 25 – Giuseppe Russo with Tiziana Francoforte | menù

Saturday, October 28th
Lunch:
Antonio Chiodi Latini, Via Bertola, 20/B – Antonio Chiodi Latini with REIS Free Mountain Food – Juri Chiotti | menù

Dinner:
Condividere, Federico Zanasi with Come – Paco Mendez and Bros – Floriano Pellegrino | menù
Limonaia, Via Mario Ponzio 10 – Cesare Grandi with Materia Spazio Cucina – Bianca Celano and Supernaturale | menù

Reservations directly with the restaurants

Menu being updated.

PIOLISSIMA
October 25th-28th

A celebration of typical Piedmontese taverns: dinners, anchovies and various art shows. 28 euros excluding wines.

Saturday, October 28th
Antiche Sere | menù
Le Putrelle | menù
Podiciotto | menù
Gastropasticceria Scaiola | menù

Sunday, October 29th
Pescheria Gallina (not bookable)

Reservation directly at Le Piole

Menu being updated.

ITALIAN BREAKFAST BY 1895

October 26th-28th

Three iconic Turin locations in the city center for a special coffee and pastry experience.

Each breakfast will include a tasting of three different coffees from 1895’s Specialty Coffee collection, with different extractions, in the presence of an 1895 Coffelier pairing with the Masters’ creations.

Thursday, October 26th
Caffè San Carlo, Piazza San Carlo 156 | from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Friday, October 27th

Bottega Guido Gobino, Via Lagrange 1/A | from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Saturday, October 28th
Cavour Garden, Piazza Carignano, 2 – from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Reservations open

TASTING WORKSHOPS

October 28th | Eataly Lingotto, Via Fenoglietti 14, Turin | Guido Gobino, Via Cagliari 15/b, Turin

Special workshops created for Buonissima.

VISIT TO THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Guido Gobino | at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. (duration: 60 minutes)
Guido Gobino, Via Cagliari 15/b, Torino
A guided tour of the production laboratory to get an up-close look at the production processes of Guido Gobino’s specialties, from cocoa beans to chocolate. You will walk through the cocoa and hazelnut roasting departments, chocolate refining and conching, giandujotti extrusion, casting into molds, wrapping and packaging. At the end of the tour, a multi-sensory tasting will allow people to appreciate chocolate with a new awareness, guided by expert chocolatiers who will help judge and recognize the characteristics of each chocolate.
Reservations open

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE WINES OF MARCHE AND ABRUZZO
Umani Ronchi | at 12 noon (duration: 75 minutes)
Eataly Lingotto, Via Fenoglietti 14, Torino
From the sea breezes of Mount Conero, to the inland villages of the Marche region, to the hills overlooking the snowy landscapes of Gran Sasso. These are the territories of Marche and Abruzzo where the grapes grow and ripen thanks to Cantina Umani Ronchi for over sixty years become wines known and appreciated all over the world, from Verdicchio to Montepulciano, passing through the recovery of minor vines such as Pecorino, keeping faith with those values made of care, craftsmanship, and respect for the environment that yesterday, as today, guide every choice in the vineyard and in the cellar. Monica Ippoliti, the winery’s Italy sales manager, will take a tour through the history of the winery.
Reservations open

THE TERROIR OF LANGA AND BAROLO
Fontanafredda | at 3:30 p.m. (duration: 75 minutes)
Eataly Lingotto, Via Fenoglietti 14, Torino

The uniqueness and qualities of each Nebbiolo da Barolo vineyard that Fontanafredda has decided to vinify individually will be told in this tasting experience. The goal is to enhance each portion of the territory and to show the biodiversity of the Langhe, recounting its various nuances from soil to climate.

Giorgio Lavagna, Fontanafredda winemaker, will lead the tasting.

Four wines that tell the story of the individual territories:

Barolo del Comune di Serralunga d’Alba Renaissance 2019
Barolo Vigna La Villa 19 – MGA Paiagallo (in Barolo)
Barolo Vigna La Delizia 19 – MGA Lazzarito (in Serralunga d’Alba)
Barolo Vigna La Rosa 18 – MGA Fontanafredda (in Serralunga d’Alba)
Paired with a small tasting of local delicacies selected by Eataly.
Reservations open

THE QUICK APPETIZER. TAPAS & GIN AND TONIC
Le Note Golose and Vantguard | at 5:30 p.m. (duration: 75 minutes)
Eataly Lingotto, Via Fenoglietti 14, Torino

How to prepare a tapas aperitif without cooking and without being a chef: raw material in purity or with simple recipes within everyone’s reach.

Elisabetta Fassino, founder of Le Note Golose, since 2006 always on the lookout for high-range products and Italy manager of Joselito and other Spanish brands, selector and importer, responsible for and creator of the Le Meraviglie del Gusto Catalog, and Arianna Marinaro, taste consultant for Le note golose, lover of cuisine and carefully selected raw materials of excellence for chefs and gourmet stores, and ham cutter (“cortador” in Spanish) will participate.

We will pair the Tapas with a Gin Tonic selection prepared by Francesco Angotti, Global Brand Ambassador of Vantguard, a leading creator of innovative spirits and beverages created to inspire and excite, who will present GINRAW, a gin produced in Barcelona with different distillation methods used to preserve the essence and freshness of the botanicals.

Reservations open