Avola, September 10, 2024. Everything is ready for the award ceremony of the “Ambasciatori Mandorla di Avola” (Ambassadors of the Almond of Avola) scheduled for Friday, September 13 at 6:00 p.m. at the Teatro Garibaldi, with free admission. The evening will be moderated by the editor-in-chief of Allfoodsicily.it, Michele Balistreri, who will introduce on stage the representatives of the Strade di Sicilia association and the Consorzio della Mandorla di Avola (Avola Almond Consortium), who will explain the reasons for the birth of the award and present the objectives achieved in terms of protection and valorization of the precious fruit.

Institutional speeches are planned by the mayor of Avola Rossana Cannata, the director general of the Ministry of Agricultural Policies, Food Sovereignty and Forests Marco Lupo, the national deputy and vice president of the Budget, Treasury and Programming Commission Luca Cannata, and the councilor for Tourism of the Sicilian Region Elvira Amata.

Then the awards ceremony: 6, for this first edition, the “Avola Almond Ambassadors”, whose names have already been announced in recent weeks. They are the companies “Di Donato 1932” of Pescara, “Volpicelli – Confetti and chocolate since 1930) of Nola, “William Di Carlo Confetti since 1833” of Sulmona, “Maxtris Confetti” of Somma Vesuviana, Sibat Tomarchio of Acireale and the starred chef Marco Baglieri of the Crocifisso restaurant in Noto.

During the evening, two certificates will also be awarded to the “Guardians of the Almond of Avola”. The Viscotta companies of Vincenza Loreto and Bianco di Mandorla of the Fugali family will receive them.

To close the event, a moment of networking also open to the press, from 8 pm onwards in the garden of the Palazzo di Città, to discover the typical scents and flavors of the food and wine heritage of Avola.