Emiliano Pescarolo Pesto World Champion 2018
Emiliano Pescarolo is the winner of the seventh edition of the Genoa Pesto World Championship. The World Champion 2018 is 39 years old, lives in Genoa, was born in Garbagnate Milanese and he is a [...]
Press kit 2020
VIII CAMPIONATO MONDIALE DI PESTO GENOVESE AL MORTAIO Dopo la pausa dovuta al Coronavirus nel 2020, viene confermato per sabato 20 marzo 2021 l’evento di festa e celebrazione popolare del pesto con un occhio alla [...]
Unesco project: join us!
Genoese Pesto prepared using marble mortar and wooden pestle is a gastronomic peculiarity of Ligurian families and communities living in Italy and in the rest of the world. It is a historical excellence of food [...]
Competitors 98 and 99!
Barbara won the competition at the Teatro 7 in Milan and Emanuele the one reserved for university students: congratulations! They are the 98 and 99 competitors of the next World Championship! One last competition is [...]
IN MARCH: THE “PESTO WEEK”
In March "La Settimana del Pesto" to promote the candidacy of Genoese Pesto as a UNESCO heritage mortar GENOA. From March 12 to 18 Genoa and Liguria will be colored green-basil, with an entire week [...]
Pesto traveling to Sanremo
PESTO TRAVELING TO SANREMO On the occasion of Sanremo Festival, Carlo Denei, a Genoese cabaret artist and singer from the historic "Cavalli Marci" group, starts from the city of Genoa his journey through Liguria to [...]
Saturday, March 17: 7th Genoa Pesto World Championship
In March, Genoa Pesto World Championship will celebrate its seventh edition. Only ten years ago, old family mortars were unusual or used as flower pots. Today the use of marble mortar is back and play [...]
Last events 2017!
Also during the last two months of 2017 we were protagonists of a great number of events:On Thursday 16th November a competition took place in the Swiss Circle of Genoa, while, on the same day, [...]
GRANDE FESTA PER IL BATTESIMO DI “PESTO”
All’Acquario di Genova, Sabato 18 novembre evento con il pubblico per il “battesimo” di Pesto, il cucciolo di foca nato lo scorso 13 agosto, con un pomeriggio di festeggiamenti sabato 18 novembre. Con la festa [...]
From Belfast: Pesto & fun!
Enthusiasm and happyness in Belfast during the Pesto eliminatory competition, organized thanks to the collaboration of Good Food NI. Congratulations to Gerard who will represent Northern Ireland at the 2018 Championship!
Milano – Sanremo: a “tasty” path
The last two Pesto Competition during the Event "Milano - Sanremo del Gusto" were a success! Pesto and enthusiasm both in Sanremo and in the Darsena milanese! Two new champions smiling and ready for the [...]
Genova: queen of Columbus!
The event in Columbus Ohio - which saw us among the protagonists of the days dedicated to the city of Genoa - has been a great experience and success: Pesto competion, Pesto demo, TV shows [...]
Festa dell’Unità di Genova: David wins
All Pestos prepared during the competition were really of high quality. At the end, Davide Vignolo won the right to participate the 2018 World Championship. The competition took place in front of the stand "Mari [...]
Thai Pesto! International Observatory – Genovese Pesto # 10
The Asiatic South-east challenges Liguria and Italy with the Thai basil pesto. Vegetarians and vegans are driving the green sauce in USA. In Italy, with the summer arrival, Pesto’s recipes explode between blog and social, [...]
At Collisioni with “the king”: Genoese Pesto
On the occasion of “Collisioni”, the “Agrirock” festival that every year entertain the small town of Barolo, in Langhe, with a long weekend of concerts and interesting meetings, the Pesto Genoese have had also its [...]
PESTO IN FESTA: Start from Pontedecimo
At the “Festa dell’Unità” in Pontedecimo the Sunday evening was animated with a Pesto competition valid for the VII World Championship. Ten competitors have been challenged for the preparation of our beloved sauce, accompanied by [...]
Pesto at the top!
International Observatory - Genoese Pesto # 9 - July 2017 Genoa and its idea of lifting the air transport ban of the Pesto. Political comments 'seasoned' to pesto for administrative results. Pesto targeted by Walter [...]
From Trento, the champion of Villa del Principe!
On Monday 5 June - at a professional meeting - a Pesto competition was held in the suggestive location of Villa del Principe in Genoa. Competitors came from all over Italy and, at the end [...]
Luca, the winner in Madrid
Passione Italia is a big meeting in Spain with the Italian food, turism, handicraft and culture excellences for the celebrations for the Italian Republic Day. Also this year, we participated with a preliminary challenge whose winner [...]
International Observatory – Genovese Pesto # 8
June 2017 Zenazone’s contest on the best Genoese Pesto excites the web. Danny Bowien, Pesto World Champion 2008 is the new Star of “Mind of a Chef”. National newspapers, radio and web sites report several [...]