Ospitalita’ Italiana is a quality seal that was launched in Italy in 1997 to promote the quality of Italian Touristic enterprises and to guarantee consumers of the quality of the services delivered.
Conceived by UNIONCAMERE in collaboration with FIPE – Federazione Italiana Pubblici Esercizi and supported by ISNART, Ospitalita’ Italiana engages about 5,000 among hotels, restaurants and holiday farms located in 18 Italian regions.
On the basis of the success obtained in Italy, Unioncamere has extended the project overseas: the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada (ICCC) invites the Italian Restaurants located in Western Canada to become part of this winning event, enjoying the many promotional actions linked to this project.
Requisite of Candidacy
- Promote the traditions of Italian agricultural and food products - Feature the Italian gastronomic culture and the image of Italian Restaurants abroad - Guarantee the respect to standard quality of the Italian Hospitality
In order to achieve the goals above, a 10-points check list states the pre-requisites for the candidates: 1. The restaurant must engage at least one person able to interact with the clients in ltalian (verified during the evaluation visit) 2. The place should have one or more typical Italian elements (picture to be attached to Form 1 - Registration Form) 3. The menu should be also written in correct Italian language (Menu’ File or photo to be attached to Form 1 - Registration Form) 4. The menu should mostly include (51%) of dishes and recipes of the Italian tradition (Menu’ File or photo to be attached to Form 1 - Registration Form) 5. Description of the ingredients of at least 5 recipes of the Italian tradition included in the menu. Indication of the Regions/Zones of origin of the ingredients that mostly characterizes each recipe (Candidate written declaration using Form 2 – Recipe Description) 6. The wine list should include at least 20% of DOP italian wines (Wine List File or photo to be attached to Form 1 - Registration Form) 7. It should be foreseen for the customer the availability of extra virgin DOP olive oil (Candidate written declaration using Form 4 – DOP Product List) 8. The restaurant should have at least one person in the kitchen who could attest his/her own experience/proficiency in Italian cooking (Candidate written declaration using Form 3 – Italian Cooking Experience) 9. The restaurant is required a commitment declaration to make known and enhance the culture and the instrument of the designation of origin, whether Italian or local 10.The restaurant is required to list the main DOP products used (Candidate written declaration using Form 4 – DOP Product List)
All the Restaurants approved by the Italian Certification Commission will receive the Ospitalita’ Italian Promotional pack- including a certificate, official plate and window decals – will be listed in all the participant internet portals and will participate to the Italian Restaurant In The World Award!
How to join Ospitalita’ Italiana
All the Italian Restaurant located in Western Canada that cover the candidacy requisites are invited to joining Ospitalita’ Italiana!!! Deadline: all forms and additional material must be submitted to ICCC on or before the May 30th 2010.
Please contact ICCC by phone at 403 283 0453 or email to giovanni@iccbc.com . An ICCC representative will arrange to visit your restaurant in order to present the project in details, to help you with the application pack and to execute the evaluation visit.
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