Chinese gastronomy, along with french and italian ones, is among the richest and most superb in the World but unluckily the thousands chinese restaurants in Europe usually offer the poor image of cheap exported food.
This event will offer to the westerns a unique occasion of appreciating this true highly sophisticated gastronomy: the Hong Kong kermesse at Pralormo Castle is meant to give the possibility of switching people from the cheap idea to the true one by offering a selection of highly professional choices of chefs coming from Hong Kong, the world-wide-known capital of asian food.
The finest chinese regional dinners will be prepared by Hong Kong chefs, special guests at the castle. Chef Kumalè, well-known journalist with world-food expertise and cosmopolitan gourmet, will introduce each chef's masterpiece.
At lunch-time, our visitors will also appreciate a selection of chinese typical recipes prepared by the best italian chinese restaurants and offered in their traditional names.
Last but not least, the chinese street-food popular tradition will be alive in the park alleys.
Sponsored by "The Gate Agency" of the town of Turin, a parallel photo-gallery of asian market in Turin and its equivalent in Hong Kong will offer an amazing experience.
The "final fire-work" of the food section will be a gourmet tour in Hong Kong meant to explore the finest and the truest Hong Kong food traditions.
CHEF KUMALE'
"CURRY"CULUM VITAE
Chef Kumalè is the pen name of the well-known cosmopolitan gourmet and journalist Vittorio Castellani.
His experience of International food and cooking started attending the Paris and Marseille african and asian communities.
He's a consultant of SLOW FOOD for non-european areas; he's taking care of ethnical sections for the italian weekly "L'Espresso" www.kataweb and for the weekly issue of "La Stampa", one of the largest diffusion dailies in Italy.
His ethnic food and world music web-site (www.kumale.net) has a large echo in the italian Medias.
Chef Kumalè has written articles and books on world food; on the radio he's conducted "The Cous Cous Clan", a special program concerning music and food ethnical culture.
He's organized and managed the world-food section of several large events:
"Il Salone del Gusto" 1998-2000, Slow Food "Cheese" 1998, "Identità e differenza" Turin Festival 1999, "the Curious Wanderer" at Pralormo Castle 1999, "Macaroni e Vu Cumprà" Luxemburg, "Ethnofestival" San Marino 1998-9-00, "ExpoVacanze" Turin 1999, No Passport 2000 (Invicta/Diadora), "World Foodball" 2000 (Robe di Kappa), "IncrI.E.D.ible Party" 2000 (European Institut of Design), "the Cous Cous Festival" 2000
He's member of "The Cous Cous Festival" jury, whose chairman is the world-known expert Edoardo Raspelli.
He was the founder and he's the chairman of the cultural association "The Cous Cous Clan", who receives large attention from italian newspapers and televisions.
He's the coordinator of "The Indigenous Cook Tribe", a network of chefs from 24 countries around the world aimed to improve the knowledge of their countries food and traditions by tasting.
He's consultant and guide for "Food Adventure around the World", an amazing proposal of touristic gourmetry.
Info: Web Site http://www.kumale.net - E-mail: chef@kumale.net