(by Stefano Ambu) Today on the menu also lasagne with meat sauce, risotto with artichokes and bottarga, sliced beef.
Special lunch.
And special chefs: in Cagliari, in the central Via Pergolesi, the first inclusive gastronomy has just opened.
It's called Noi Altri and the name wasn't chosen by chance.
We?
The protagonists are the special children of the day center in Via Paolo IX in Assemini.
And it is also the entrepreneurial outcome of a path which, in the structure managed by the social cooperative, involved the kids in cooking workshops.
Many hours of lessons and practice.
Others?
It is a project of inclusion of the protagonists.
But also the customers.
Maximum attention is paid to the dishes prepared for vegans, vegetarians and celiacs.
And there is no need to ask many questions: the dishes are illustrated and described on the delicatessen website.
The presentation video, with the chef actors, explains everything.
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" a chef asks his colleague.
"This is what I'm doing" replies the girl intent on kneading.
And then the question comes naturally: why don't we open a delicatessen?
And they all scream together: yesssss.
Then the operational phase.
What are we preparing?
"I am celiac - replies one of the cooks - so I prepare gluten-free dishes.
Inclusion for everyone. "Our project - explain the promoters of the initiative in the same video - provides the opportunity for jobs for vulnerable categories through the entrepreneurial formula of inclusive gastronomy which conveys social inclusion as a value and a variety of choice in services through traditional gastronomy, the production of gluten-free products, in particular fresh pasta, the creation of meals for vegans and vegetarians".
In the field chef, assistant chef and two counters. Three the members, one of them is registered in the fragile categories. "We are addressing that 8 percent of customers who cannot find answers in the services suited to their needs - specify the creators of the project - We take the disadvantage and transform it into a point of strength also economically .
The Noi Altri Cooperative was born with the aim of creating job opportunities for the most vulnerable categories, pursuing the general interest of the community in human promotion and social integration".
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