Food Meets Hope digital event to open 50 Best for Recovery Summit

S.Pellegrino is set to host the Food Meets Hope digital event, which will commence the Recovery Summit hosted by the World's 50 Best Restaurants organisation, on 13 October 2020.

30 Sep 2020

The digital event is aimed at charting positive stories of restaurant restructure, recovery and revitalisation, and exploring how the gastronomic sector can thrive once again.

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Calling all travel-starved gastronomes, hungry foodies, curious chefs and hospitality workers: Join us for Food Meets Hope on 13 October! �� ? Food Meets Hope by S.Pellegrino is an online event that will kick off the three-day Recovery Summit, hosted by 50 Best from October 13-15, 2020. Gastronomic visionaries including Daniel Humm, Dominique Crenn, Richard Ekkebus and Daniela Soto-Innes will share learnings and outline hopes for a fresh global gastronomic paradigm. The main event has three core strands: Recovery, Inclusivity and Evolution. We will also conduct a series of interviews live on our Instagram over the three days of the wider Recovery Summit. Keep an eye on our feed for further information on each area. �� ? Tune in on our Facebook Page (facebook.com/50BestRestaurants) at 15:00 UK time on Tuesday, 13 October! For more information on this event head to our link in bio and click ‘Latest Articles’. #50BestForRecovery #Worlds50Best #LatAm50Best #Asias50Best #Chefs #Restaurants #Covid19 #Recovery #SupportRestaurants #Sanpellegrino #OnlineEvent #ThingsToDoInOctober #October @sanpellegrino_official @danielhumm @dominiquecrenn @rekkebus @danielasotoinnes

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The one-hour webinar, live at 3pm (UK time) on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Facebook channel, will explore three different themes:

1. Recovery - the first session, taking the attendees around the world to several restaurants, which have received a 50 Best Recovery Grant, will celebrate the progressive recovery in the gastronomic world through the inspiring words of international chefs, explaining what the grant means for their business in such challenging times

2. Inclusivity - the second session, in the form of a diverse panel of chefs, including among others Daniela Soto-Innes and Ivan Brehm, will be a reflection on kitchen culture, including the recent learnings about inclusivity in their restaurants and beyond, and their hope for a more diverse hospitality sector

3. Evolution - the third session will host a keynote discussion among some of the most renowned top chefs of the world - Richard Ekkebus, Dominique Crenn, Tim Raue and more - who will share their thoughts about reopening and sustainability, including business sustainability in the post-pandemic world, a new and more sustainable work-life model for chefs and hospitality workers, as well as environmental sustainability

And to expand on and explore in more detail topics of reopening, lockdown learnings, sustainability, inclusivity, S.Pellegrino will also launch Vision of Recovery Insta Live series, over three days of the summit. The calendar of Instagram Live interviews with top chefs, among others Daniel Humm and Bjorn Frantzén, will be hosted on The World’s 50 Best Instagram channel by 50 Best and Fine Dining Lovers journalists.

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#BREAKINGNEWS: The World’s 50 Best Restaurants is proud to announce its Recovery Summit programme, bringing the gastronomic community together from 13-15 October 2020! The Recovery Summit forms part of the overall 50 Best for Recovery programme, launched earlier this year in partnership with S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna. The Summit will be hosted across digital platforms, primarily The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Facebook channel with additional elements across a range of platforms, to gather the global food community online to share learnings, promote best practices and present visions of a post-pandemic world for restaurants and diners. The schedule for The Recovery Summit runs as follows: �� .��, charting positive stories of restaurant restructure, recovery and revitalisation. Plus 50 Best Masterclasses, with the world’s top chefs and bartenders demonstrating dishes and pairing cocktails for a hungry audience at home and Visions of Recovery, a chef interview series on Instagram Live. �� #��, �� : �� , with leading gastronomic thinkers discussing how current events are transforming what we eat. Plus Chef Masterclass and Visions of Recovery Instagram Live chef interview. �� , an exploration of the future of fine dining, inclusivity and recognition. Plus Drinks Pairing Masterclass and Visions of Recovery Instagram Live chef interview. Excited to find out more? Keep following our social channels as we reveal full details of the participants involved, specific timings for each event and more over the coming weeks. #50BestForRecovery #Worlds50Best #Asias50Best #LatAm50Best #Restaurants #Event #Chef #Chefs #Restaurants #Hospitality #News #Food #Masterclasses #Dining #InstaFoodies @miele_com @sanpellegrino_official @acquapanna

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Stefano Bolognese, Sanpellegrino International business unit director, says: "The gastronomy sector all around the world has been rocked by the events of 2020, but we believe that together our industry is strong and resilient. For this reason, earlier this year, we launched the S.Pellegrino #SupportRestaurants Movement to stand side by side with the chef community in such challenging times. As part of our commitment to facilitate the process of the rebuilding of the sector, we are proud to be part of the 50 Best Recovery Summit, together with our Food Meets Hope event, to offer opportunities to debate, learn, share experiences, and to actively contribute to shape the industry of tomorrow in a positive way."

Full details of the programme, along with specific timings and platforms to follow the event will be available on the S.Pellegrino webpage and on the 50 Best for Recovery webpage.