Certification of Italian Restaurants Abroad
The Ospitalità Italiana Project is an initiative realized by the Thai-Italian Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Unioncamere and ISNART, the Italian Institute for the promotion of the Tourism.
The project consists in the certification of Italian Restaurants abroad, and involves all the 45 Italian Chambers of Commerce in the world, which aim to spread and promote the Italian Enogastronomic culture in their territory. In fact, the tasks of the project are:
• Develop and Promote the tradition of Italian agricultural and food products and valorize the Italian Gastronomic Culture
• Valorize the image of Italian Restaurants abroad that guarantee to respect the standard quality of the Italian Hospitality
• Create new opportunities and promotion actions for Italian restaurants in the world and the Ospitalità Italiana seal
The procedure to follow is composed by different steps: after having received the admission to the project by the Thai-Italian Chamber of Commerce, each restaurant has to submit the required materials. Subsequently, the documentation is sent to Italy, where a valuation committee assesses if all the requirements are met.
Restaurants who possess these requisites are considered suitable to receive the certification of Ospitalità Italiana:
• The restaurant must engage at least one person able to interact with clients in Italian
• The place should have one or more typical Italian Elements
• The menu should be also written in correct Italian Language
• The menu should mostly include (51%) of dishes and recipes of the Italian Tradition
• Description of the ingredients of at least recipes of the Italian Tradition included in the menu. Indication of the Regions/Zones of origin of the ingredients that mostly characterizes each recipe.
• The wine list should include at least 20% of DOP Italian wines
• It should be foreseen for the customers the availability of extra virgin DOP Olive Oil
• The restaurant should have at least one person in the kitchen who could attest his/her own experience/proficiency in Italian cooking
• Commitment declaration to make know and enhance the culture and the instrument of the designation of origin, whether Italian or Local
• Main DOP products used in the restaurant
Edition 2010/2011
Edition 2011/2012