“Pesto World Championship” is held in Genoa’s historic Palazzo Ducale. The competition is organized by ‘PalatiFini’, a cultural and gastronomic association, whose name means ‘Refined Palates’.
All contestants were required to make their pesto exclusively with a mortar and using only authentic ingredients.
100 competitors from all over the world will prepare Genovese Pesto exclusively with a pestle and mortar, using only traditional, authentic and genuine ingredients. The competition is open to everyone: professionals and amateur cooks.
The winner of the First Championship was Luciana Parodi, a dynamic “cookishness” housewife! The young American cook James D. Bowien won the Second edition. He works as cook at a famous restaurant in San Francisco specialized in Ligurian cuisine and has been trained by the Genoese chief cook Paolo Laboa. The Champion in charge is Federico Ferro a chemist in Sestri Levante, he has participated with the old family mortar “pushed by his great passion for the cuisine”.
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