Manchester’s annual Italian food festival is returning to Cathedral Gardens this summer. Festa Italiana will be back for its sixth year, with a host of stalls, street food vendors and celebrity guests doing demos.
Among them will be TV chef Gennaro Contaldo, Saturday Kitchen and Sunday Brunch regular Giancarlo Caldesi Great British Bake Off 2021 winner Giuseppe Dell'Anno, and Masterchef UK 2021 quarter finalist Sofia Gallo.
Previous food vendors have included Lucky Mama and arancini and cannoli experts Tarricrii. It happens from August 25 to 27 at the ‘festival piazza’, next to the Manchester Cathedral.
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Festival founder Maurizio Cecco, owner of Salvi’s, will also be hosting demos in Italian home cooking, along with a host of other workshops, demonstrations, signings and banquets. Pasta making classes will also be covered by Carmela Sereno Hayes, cookbook author and pasta consultant.
Meanwhile, Italian beer brand Birrificio Angelo Poretti will be hosting its own dining area, with a full menu being devised to be paired with their beers. A ticketed event will be held on August 26, with the eating and drinking area open to all on August 27.
The festival will be open on all three days, from midday to 11pm, and it will be free of charge to get in.
You can find details on the Festa Italiana website.
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