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Serving Solidarity in Italy From north to south, Federazione Italiana Cuochi (FIC) members have been hard at work supporting the mission of World Chefs Without Borders. The Emergency and Charity Department of FIC (DSEFIC) Lombardy chapter prepared 1150 portions of polenta and baccalà for delivery as part of a pro- ject with the Virgilio brothers. Twelve volunteer chefs from all over Lombardia and two representatives from the Campania region collaborated in the event. The ingredients were purchased by FIC and the Virgilio family.
over 1200 meals in a regional civil protection exercise. Organized by the Presi- dent of the Lazio region Nicola Zingaretti, the event showed thanks to the volunteers who worked in the COVID-19 emergency. Twenty DSEFIC volunteer chefs divided into eight-hour shifts with forty civil protection volunteers supporting the cleaning of the cookware and the distribution of meals.
Proceeds from the event were donated to Caritas Rhoense. With this activity, in the year 2021 alone, DSEFIC Lombardia carried out five solidarity actions in the hinterland of the city of Milan, helping many families facing difficulty.
The operation had a 1500 sqm canteen tent, three gazebos and a mobile trolley for the field kitchen, two cold storage containers, and six gazebos per portioning area. Meals were provided for 100 volunteers for breakfast, 250 volunteers for lunch, and 1200 volunteers for dinner. The event was attended by local and national civil protection authorities.
Meanwhile, Gigi’s Bread Project continues in Seregno, created by the teachers and students of the Ballerini Hotel School. The recipe for this fantastic bread honors its creator, Luigi De Santis, President of Monza Brianza’s Chefs who passed away due to COVID-19. It is a simple way to remember a great professional, a person of value and goodness who always knew how to give others his wonderful dishes and bread as a symbol of family. In the Lazio region, the FIC Emergency Solidarity Department has served 32
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We are Chefs, we have no borders. Roberto Rosati President, Emergency and Charity Department of Federazione Italiana Cuochi Committee Member, World Chefs Without Borders