Alessi was invited to support the Italian team in competition at the world finals of the Bocuse d'Or 2011 , held in Lyon in the Sirha 25 and January 26. Twenty-four were the finalists in the race, the result of a selection process that lasted 18 months, with 56 national competitions and three continental (Latin America, Asia and Europe). Italy has participated in every edition of the Bocuse d'Or since the creation of the competition, with the exception of 2009. This year was represented by the team headed by Giancarlo Perbellini, chef of the restaurant in Isola Rizza in the province of Verona. The cook in the race was Alberto Zanoletti, executive chef of the Inn Harmony Trescore Balneario (BG), assisted by the committee and the coach Nafij Dizdari Federico Coria. With them, the Association Promotion of the Territory with the promotion manager, Daniela Nezosi. It was just last September that Giancarlo Perbellini Alberto Alessi invited to collaborate with the Italian team and to design tools to better present the creations culinary competition in Lyon. "The idea of \u200b\u200bintroducing design in an event linked to high-quality food is in itself a new fact", says Alberto Alessi, "but it is also the logical consequence of our efforts in the design of objects and tools for kitchen and table. "
designers, to which Alessi has entrusted the task of representing Italy in this international context, and Anna were Gasparini Gian Franco in 2009 were presented for the brand Officina Alessi, the set of cheese knives "The Milky Way ", the result of a thorough study on the topic, accompanied by a thorough" Guide to cutting and tasting of 35 Italian DOP cheeses and excellent cheeses of Europe. "Gasparini
The architects have designed two serving plates and then interpret that at best, with a fresh spirit and a bit 'ironic, the preparations for the young Italian chef has created with his team." It is resulted in a project dall'approccio unusual today, "added Alessi" which is exactly halfway between the typical design and interpretation of the material values \u200b\u200bof gourmet dishes. A modern communication spectacular return to the big kitchen. "
With the two projects it was decided to postpone the atmosphere of convivial situations and, in homage to the great Bocuse and France, were designed in French, the language of international cuisine: Le déjeuner and Le dejeuner sur l'herbe à la Wed
Le déjeuner sur l'herbe is a miniature representation of an open-air dining with small dishes scattered on a rectangular tray steel iridescent green color reminiscent of nature.
Le déjeuner à la mer represents, instead, a breakfast by the sea, always in miniature, on a round tray of steel and iridescent deep blue where the dishes are well prepared in circumference. At the center of a shrug, which is also circular, supports the main dish of fish.
LINK:
Bocuse d'Or official site: http:// www.bocusedor.com/2011/index.php/en/Concours/Accueil.html Alessi
the Bocuse d'Or: http:// www.alessi.com/it/azienda/news/alessi-invitata-per-la-prima-volta-al-concorso-internazionale-bocuse-dor-2011- 488
Anna Gasparini Gian Franco for Alessi: http:// www.alessi.com/it/3/2426/coltelli-da-cucina/la-via-lattea-coltelli-per-formaggi
Some pictures of draft
Le déjeuner à la Wed