New York has feted Italian
cuisine as 25 restaurants selected by the Italy-America Chamber
of Commerce (IACC) on Tuesday night received the quality seal
"Italian Hospitality" at Manhattan's Metropolitan Pavilion.
The requirements to get the laurel were using genuine
products (DOP and IGP), an almost exclusively Italian wine list,
a high level of service, the use of 100% Italian extra-virgin
olive oil and a love of the Italian language.
"The aims of the project are supporting and valorising
Italian restaurants around the world, creating a network to
permit the realisation of events to valorise the territories
which typical products come from, using the RIM network to
guarantee the excellence of the DOP and IGP products, and
promoting our excellent cuisine," said IACC Secretary-General
Federico Tozzi.
"We as Italy-America Chamber of Commerce are working 360
days a year to monitor and verify that the 'Italian Hospitality'
standards are respected," he added.
IACC President Alberto Milani noted that there are
currently some 300 restaurants certified as such in the United
States.
"The importance of these sentinels of Made in Italy in
American territory is very considerable," Milani said, "because
they carry out a continual education of the US consumer about
Italian food and wine".
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