Carlo and Camilla will celebrate our cuisine with a special Italian dinner (of which Stanley Tucci will be a guest)

Carlo and Camilla, king and queen of England have chosen Stanley Tucci per to bring a touch of Italianness to courtin view of their spring visit to our country. On the other hand, the actor, writer and conductor has repeatedly demonstrated his love for Italian cuisine and for everything that revolves around eating well, and has done so by spreading a lot of our food and wine culture with his program of greater success, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.

So is he the best ambassador of Italianness to the table for the United Kingdom? They are certain King Carlo and Queen Camilla of Englandwho precisely called him as a guest of honor to the gala dinner that celebrates the confirmation of the state visit to Italy scheduled for April. On April 9, exactly, however very important day for the royal couple: it was precisely April 9, 2005 when Carlo and Camilla, after a long and talked about report, got married in the Chapel of San Giorgio al Windsor Castle.

Dinner with Stanley Tucci and chef Francesco Mazzei

Just on the occasion of their twentieth marriage anniversary (the porcelain wedding), the British royalty should come to visit the Bel Paese, to meet Pope Francis and the Italian leaders and, why not, To taste some of our best cuisine. On this last appointment you can only prepare with a dinner, and with an expert in the sector: Stanley Tucci, in fact, which will hold a speech during the Italian inspiration evening in the Real estate of Highgrove, in Gloucestershire. At dinner – prepared by chef Francesco Mazzei With seasonal raw materials, sustainable and healthy and a cooking style similar to Slow Foodas per the will of the king – several authorities will participate, such as the Italian ambassador in the United Kingdom, Inigo Lambertini.

The menu with zero km ingredient

The menu, it seems, will be based on entirely British ingredients that will be used to interpret traditional Italian dishes. Chef Francesco Mazzeiof Calabrian origin is one of the most famous and appreciated Italian interpreters of the United Kingdom. He has already explained how for this special dinner he has shot England far and wide to find the most suitable raw materials (such as the Pecorino produced in Yorkshirefrom which the chef declared himself very impressed and with which I will prepare cheese canapé), changing the menu on the basis of local availability (for example, the risotto, initially expected, has been transformed into a raviolo, due to the difficulty of finding an English rice). So for everything, except for an irreplaceable product: “The only Italian product that I was allowed to use is olive oil”admitted the chef, claiming that he was unable to find a local equivalent, despite having tasted an oil produced in the Essex, which however was not to his liking.

For the occasion of gala, his will be a fusion cuisine, in short, which embodies precisely the ideals of the Slow Food movement on the use of zero kilometer raw materials (principle very dear to King Carlo, who has always been committed to promoting more sustainable foods) but which was born with the idea of ​​celebrating the best Italian food and wine, thanks to the hands of an expert chef.

Mixology with the king of Martini

Space also for the best mixology, which in England has always had a very strong Italian component: to prepare cocktails for the evening – using Italian aromas and herbs from the beloved Highgrove Gardens by King Carlo – It will in fact be Alessandro Palazzithe one who has prepared those who for many are the best Martini in the world at the legendary Dukes Bar in London.

The journey of Carlo and Camilla to Italy, highly anticipated by everyone (certainly also by the royals, who on several occasions have declared to love our country) will be up to now Rome and of course the Vaticanto meet Pope Francis and visit the Sistine Chapel. Then their trip will continue, and beyond the official commitments it is to be believed that there is room for a little romanticismgiven the important anniversary to be celebrated, in one of the countries considered among the most romantic in the world. Certainly Carlo and Camilla are then expected in the city of Ravenna, with a program still to be defined.