"The cuisine of the spas, the cuisine of the territory"

In Montegrotto with the International School of Taste

Three high-level food and wine evenings with great chefs and an exclusive educational with the star of Italian cuisine Gennaro Esposito, scheduled from 11 to 18 December in Montegrotto Terme (Padua).

The awaited event promoted by "The International School of Taste" dedicated to "The cuisine of the spas, the cuisine of the territory" will begin on Sunday 11 December, which this year enhances the typical products of four different thermal areas: Montegrotto Terme, Grado, Merano and Cortina.

The event, wanted and conceived by the Municipality of Montegrotto Terme , is part of a project to promote food and wine and tourism excellence in the Italian territory , with meetings, research laboratories and training courses aimed at encouraging the protection and knowledge of this immense heritage .

The first appointment will focus on the flavors of the thermal cuisine of Cortina and the Belluno Dolomites at the Cencio Restaurant in Montegrotto Terme on 11 December. Chef Loris Perenzoni will host Maurizio Aluotto , chef of the Hotel Europa in Cortina with whom he will create an elaborate four-handed menu, opened by a tasting of Veneto cheeses from Aprolav and raw mountain ham from Val d'Aosta, cut in knife, coming from the Saint Marcel company. ( Reservations 049/793470 restaurantecencio@alice.it )

The second stage of the International School of Taste at Ristorante Da Mario will follow on 14 December , where the menu will be dedicated to the treasures of Grado and the Lagoon, with the presence in the kitchen of the chef Allan Tarlao of the Ristorante all'Androna di Grado who will collaborate with the home chef Marco Bernardi. Gradesi specialties that will marry Venetian excellences such as the Treviso radicchio of the Treviso Red Radicchio Protection Consortium and Castelfranco Variegato and in the end the Venetian panettone of Loison, artisan pastry shop since 1938. ( Reservations: 049/794090 - marco @ restaurantedamario .191.it ). The cost of the first two meetings is 40 euros, including wines.

In the two evenings the recipes of the thermal areas will be carefully combined with a selection of fine labels from the Consorzio Vini d'Alsazia and the Consorzio Vini Venezia.

At the end of the event, a tasty gala dinner to be held on Sunday 18 December at the prestigious Relilax Hotel Terme Miramonti in Montegrotto Terme (Pd) in which 5 important chefs of Italian cuisine will express their creativity with products from the thermal and seasonal territories. The home chef Paolo Auletta will collaborate with the chefs: Herbert Hintner of the Zur Rose restaurant in S. Michele Appiano, Loris Perenzoni of the Cencio restaurant in Montegrotto Terme, Maurizio Aluotto of the Hotel Europa in Cortina and Allan Tarlao of the All'Androna restaurant in Degree. (The cost is 50 euros, wines included. Reservations: Relilax Hotel Terme Miramonti 049/8911755 - info@relilax.it )

In addition to the evenings on the calendar, an exclusive educational at the Relilax Hotel Terme Miramonti on Monday 12 December , reserved for an audience of chefs and professionals in the sector and chaired by Gennaro Esposito , of the restaurant "Torre del Saracino" (Vico Equense, Naples), renowned chef international student of Gianfranco Vissani and Alain Ducasse.