There are over 450 addresses in the new edition of Gambero Rosso's Street Food 2023 guide.
The food and wine publication, now in its eighth edition and presented today in Rome, draws a national map of Italian street food.
The volume, accompanied by a tasting at Palazzo Brancaccio, introduces a new appendix dedicated to food trucks, "which travel around Italy between markets, deliveries and festivals".
There are 20 new regional winners.
The special Street Food Chef award dedicated to the chef who has revisited a typical street food dish in an original way was instead awarded to Marcello Trentini (Casamago cocktail bar, Turin) for the Quesadillas Tartufo Nero & Miele.
"The tradition of Italian street food - comments the president of Gambero Rosso Paolo Cuccia - is ancient.
An offer that was created to satisfy the primary needs of travelers with essential and territorial products.
This guide was created to highlight local quality alternatives with respect to the approval of international fast food.
Personally, I have always been passionate about these foods and therefore I would like to thank all the masters present in this eighth edition of the guide and congratulate them. "" Street food - says the CEO of the City of Taste Luigi Salerno - is a worldwide phenomenon , made up of contaminations and cultures that intersect each other and in which tradition and innovation blend in tasty creations.
Italian street eating is one of the assets of our food and wine that for centuries has exalted the traditional products and recipes of the area.
In this guide we also give space to high-level ethnic clubs that deserve to be known ".
