The first Week of Italian Cuisine in Kosovo featured a rich programme of events jointly organized by the Tirana offices of the Italian Trade Agency – ICE, and the Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana with the coordination and support of the Italian Embassy in Prishtina.\u00a0Tthe\u00a0Week’s highlights included\u00a0promotional activities involving the country’s major food retail chains and the participation of a large network of restaurants, cafeterias and commercial activities, which offered their customers menus featuring Italian dishes, wines and drinks.<\/p>\n
Representatives of Kosovo’s most important institutions,\u00a0the media and\u00a0cultural and business communities were invited to attend the opening dinner which was hosted at a\u00a0very trendy place in Prishtina. The evening was made even more special by the presence of Kosovo’s Prime Minister\u00a0Ramush Haradinaj.\u00a0Three famous Chefs, Italian Christian Broglia, Kosovan Bekim Jashari and Albanian Bleri Dervishi, crafted\u00a0together\u00a0the evening’s menu featuring\u00a0Italian recipes\u00a0and fusion cuisine with a pinch of personal creativity,\u00a0preparing every single dish with Italian products that each Chef interpreted according to his own vision.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chef Broglia also held a full-day technical training session for the students of an Agronomic and Technology Institute and a Hotel School of Prishtina. He also delivered\u00a0a lecture to an audience of students from\u00a0the\u00a0Italian Language\u00a0and Literature Study Programme at the\u00a0Faculty\u00a0of\u00a0Philology of the Prishtina University\u00a0on the measures\u00a0developed by\u00a0the EU to protect agricultural produce and food products (Controlled Designation of Origin and Protected Geographical Indication) and on the way labels ‘should be read’ in order to contribute to a healty and balanced diet.<\/p>\n