insideKENT Magazine Issue 85 - April 2019 | Page 106

FOOD+DRINK
Authentic Adventures
WITH GREGG WALLACE
TELEVISION FOODIE FAVOURITE AND KENT RESIDENT, GREGG WALLACE, HAS
TEAMED UP WITH SPECIAL INTEREST TRAVEL COMPANY AUTHENTIC ADVENTURES
TO LAUNCH AN EXCITING RANGE OF FOOD HOLIDAYS, WHICH WILL TAKE SMALL
GROUPS OF GUESTS TO THE GREAT GASTRONOMIC REGIONS OF ITALY – BOTH
WORLD FAMOUS AND LESSER KNOWN – LATER THIS YEAR TO MEET LOCAL
PRODUCERS AND TASTE THE FINEST INGREDIENTS.
Get ‘hands-on’ with cookery classes and enjoy gourmet
experiences, from marzipan fruit-making with monks in Sicily,
to hunting elusive Piedmontese truffles. Most meals are included
and run the full spectrum of Italian regional cuisine, from
street food to Michelin-starred restaurants. With Authentic
Adventures’ in-house expertise and Gregg’s insatiable passion
for Italy and its food, these immersive itineraries have been
designed to offer guests the chance to enjoy personal encounters
with the people behind the flavours.
This month, we caught up with Gregg to ask him a bit more
about his new food adventures.
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Besides the obvious, what made you choose Italy for
your food holiday escapes?
I have been in love with Italy for over 20 years. It was a happy
coincidence that I fell in love and married an Italian girl. In
my opinion, it is the best cuisine in the world. Its beautiful
simplicity born out of the necessity of poverty is genius. Where
would we be now without pasta or pizza? Every region is
different, it wasn’t even a united country until the late 19th
century. Consider for a moment the different foods: risotto,
parma ham, bruschetta, balsamic, Parmigiano-Reggiano –
the list is endless.