Organized by A.P.Pa.Fre. - Fresh Pasta Producers Association of Small and Medium Enterprises

A.P.PA.FRE., Associazione Produttori Pasta Fresca of the small and medium enterprises, represents and protects the interests of the pasta makers of the associated small and medium enterprises operating in the sector of the production of fresh pasta and gnocchi.

Appafre works to give value to the PASTA sector and PASTA makers proposing itself as their partner for development and promoting economic and social progress.

Appafre participates in the HostMilano 2023 fair, with 20 square meters stand dedicated to the association. The stand will host Appafre’s pasta makers who will present their products during the 5 days of the event.

The products offered for tasting during the event are made directly by the pasta makers associated with Appafre, the result of experience, typical of the true made in Italy.

Each day of the event will feature one or more Pastai members who will offer show-cooking sessions with promotional tasting of the products.

The show-cooking initiatives with promotional tasting of the products of the pasta makers of Appafre, will be carried out using a kitchen made available by a supporting member of Appafre –ITALGI SRL.

During the 5 days of the event, the pasta master DANILO CUROTTO, will manage the preparation and production at the Appafre stand of several shapes of fresh pasta, using a pasta machine supplied by the partner Italgi Srl.

Danilo Curotto, in addition to being a judge in various competitions for pasta maker, is a teacher of the pasta school “PRIMO PIATTO” which deals with professional training courses in Italy and abroad.

APPAFRE TESTIMONIAL. Chef PAOLA NAGGI, Best Female Chef in Italy for 2018, will be present at the Appafre stand.

NAGGI PAOLA – BEST WOMAN CHEF IN ITALY YEAR 2018

Paola Naggi comes from a family of restaurateurs who have been doing this business for three generations. She manages the Impero Restaurant in Sizzano (NO) with her sister Emanuela and her husband Federico. Affectionate to the culinary traditions of her region, she follows the path of the balance of taste and substance, she does not take for granted everything they have handed down to her, but deepens her knowledge and becomes passionate about the world of wine, growing up working in other restaurants.

For years she participates in various television broadcasts, consolidates her culinary skills with her cooking class students. She believes in sharing, in the dissemination of gastronomic knowledge and everything that belongs to it, and for this reason, she is involved in university lessons where she explains the types of dining.

Awarded with the SLOW FOOD snail and awarded by the Chef Awards, she continues to cook and believe in the cooking of the soul.

SPECIAL PARTECIPATION OF THE MEMBER - IL GRIGIO SOCIAL USEFUL NPO of WORK INTEGRATION

-       show-cooking with promotional tasting of fresh pasta products produced by the “Il Pasteto” laboratory managed directly by the cooperative “Il Grigio”.

The Pasteto of the Cooperativa Il Grigio:

Il Pasteto is an artisan pasta factory located in Calolziocorte which produces and sells fresh pasta, ravioli and gastronomy products.

It is a laboratory in which the work is done with passion, quality and care.

But there is more… it is a place where dreams are cooked!

Why?

Because it is one of the productive activities of the Il Grigio social cooperative, which offers job opportunities to people in difficult situations.

People who have to learn a trade, people who need an opportunity to redeem their lives, people who are struggling to go through the professional world alone, have a privileged place in the cooperative.

They are stories of fragility, defeats, successes and new opportunities that are intertwined in the Pasteto and these stories make our products truly special.

Find out more on our website https: https://www.ilgrigio.org/servizi/pasteto/

Appafre during the event will propose the experience and expertise developed by the Association and its Members, with the aim of enhancing issues related to the world od PASTA, from the choice of fresh and high quality raw materials, to the use of appropriate machinery and equipment.

Italy has a heritage of thousand of companies that produce fresh pasta, and pasta is the symbol of italian gastronomic quality in the world, the systhesis of the best tradition in constant evolution