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Meet London's panettone maestro

La Bottega del Pane in South London is the brainchild of Rocco Tanzarella. Paying a visit to SW19, Louis Thomas discovers how this photographer-turned-baker has become one of the UK's few custodians of artisanal panettone.

What does it take to feed the Italian rugby team?

After Italy's recent strong performances at the Autumn Internationals, beating Australia and Chile, Louis Thomas finds out what is fuelling the country's rugby union team's success.

Six of Brussels' best Italian restaurants

A multifaceted city, made up of coexisting cultures that over the years have fuelled a surprisingly vibrant gastronomic scene. Among them, Italy plays a central role, with an increasingly contemporary presence. This mini guide by Giulia Salis brings together six...

Eataly anticipates bumper Christmas for global panettone sales

Andrea Cipolloni, group CEO of Eataly, speaks with Louis Thomas about some of the global buying habits the Italian food hall chain expects to see this festive season.

'Italian wine has infinite potential in Africa'

Ahead of Gambero Rosso bringing the Top Italian Wines Roadshow to Lagos and Nairobi in January, Victoria Mulu-Munywoki, a sommelier, wine judge and consultant based in Kenya, offers her insight on these African markets and shares what Italian producers can...

Meet the Sicilian who runs a London pub

Although London has a large Italian population, it is unusual to find them working in that most British of institutions, the pub. One exception is Luigi Stancanelli, landlord of The City Pride on Farringdon Lane, who tells Louis Thomas about...

'Watch out for Ireland: wine health warnings have only been postponed to 2028,' warns CEEV secretary

Ignacio Sànchez also reveals the behind-the-scenes of the Wine Package: “Approval expected by February, but vine uprooting will be a major battleground between the European Parliament and the EU Commission.”

Italy defies global wine production drop, OIV data reveals

New estimates from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) suggest that while the volume of global wine production from the 2025 harvest will be around 7% below the five-year average, Italy, the world's biggest wine producer, defies the...

The social media star resurrecting Italy's forgotten culinary classics

Massimo Bazzoli has amassed an online audience of hundreds of thousands thanks to his 'Forgotten Italian Classics', a series where he aims to show the world that Italian cooking is "not just pasta and pizza". Fresh from filming thirty new...

'We're not reinventing Italy': Francesco Mazzei opens new London restaurant

Ahead of the opening of his new restaurant, Mezzogiorno at Corinthia London, Francesco Mazzei tells Gambero Rosso why he is bringing a taste of his native Calabria to the British capital.
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