Three days, over 300 Italian and foreign chefs and 100 food and wine excellences of our country, more than 100 thousand national food and wine delicacies to be tasted: what can be considered the triumph of the culinary-gastronomic excellence of Made in Italy is presented in large numbers will celebrate by 10 12 to June a Vico Equense on the Sorrento coast for “Feast in Vico” the largest event of Italian taste which has been celebrated for 21 years now on the initiative of Gennaro Esposito, the great two Michelin star chef of La Tore del Saracino. A real party with dishes signed by great Italian and international chefs, breathtaking views, dancing, tastings, reflections and meetings with old and new friends that celebrates values, culture and places in support of noble charitable causes.
Party in Vico 2024: “There is feeling” on the Sorrento Coast
This year too, the event will be characterized by a mix of exclusivity and popular enthusiasm, gala dinners, after parties and the big village festival in Marina di Seiano among the streets, the shops, the shops to involve everyone, professionals and inhabitants of the Campania town in this great event. The theme this year it will be "there is feeling" and takes inspiration from the words of a song by the great artist Pino Daniele "where everything makes sense, there is feeling" precisely because this is the common thread that unites all the protagonists and participants in the event, a feeling of love and curiosity towards our land rich in excellence.
“Festa a Vico: it was born during a dinner with friends who return to Vico Equense every year to live an experience that increasingly unites us”, says the chef Esposito. “It has now become a celebration of great Italian cuisine: from year to year it has recounted its evolution with chefs and great food artisans” continues the chef, often describing with the words “feeling” and “sharing” an event which also has the I deserve to have made known to the world the great culinary, as well as naturalistic and historical, richness of that land full of grace which is the Sorrento Coast.
The 2024 edition of Festa a Vico enriches its contents through the partnership with Be.Come and its wine club founded by Gabriele Gorelli MW and Alessandra Montana, CEO of Allumeuse. A movement rather than an event, which celebrates wine culture with an engaging narrative, promoting dialogue between Italian producers and the international community of high-end design, catering and hospitality.
Festa in Vico 2024: the program
Monday June 10
In the morning, after welcome by Gennaro Esposito, will be dedicated to various talks dedicated to the world of wine as a driving force for lifestyle, with the participation of numerous Sommeliers, F&B Managers and important personalities from the wine world. In the afternoon it will be the turn of tastings and masterclasses led by the three Italian Masters of Wine, Gabriel Gorelli, Andrea Lonardi e Pietro Russian. The day will end with the traditional Festa a Vico charity gala dinner, with a new format created in collaboration with La Cucina Italiana, the oldest cooking magazine on newsstands. A dinner entitled "Bites of Italy, the celebration of Italian cuisine" to support the candidacy of "Italian cuisine between sustainability and biocultural diversity" as a UNESCO intangible heritage site, promoted by the magazine. It will be an evening with a parterre of international chefs who will compete with Italian ingredients to propose dishes never proposed before.
Among foreigners, for example, Narda Lepes, best female chef in Latin America in 2020 according to the international 50 Best Restaurants ranking, Christophe Pele, executive chef Le Clarence Paris (two Michelin Stars), Antonio Iacoviello, Head Chef of Gucci Osteria in Tokyo (one Michelin star), Katsu Nakaji, sushi master, owner of the Hatsune Sushi restaurant in Tokyo, two Michelin stars. Among the many Italians, Cuttaia Pine, two Michelin stars at La Madia (Licata) and the brothers Chicco and Bobo Cerea, three Michelin stars with Da Vittorio in Brusaporto (Bergamo) and seven overall in their restaurants around the world.
Tuesday 11 June
In addition to talks and tastings, the day will be dedicated to “The Republic of Food”, which will transform the center of Vico Equense into an open-air restaurant with chefs from all over Italy who will create their dishes in the streets, gardens, buildings and shops. They will serve - as always during Festa a Vico - to raise funds for local non-profit organizations and beyond.
Meanwhile in the evening at the Torre del Saracino restaurant by Chef Gennaro Esposito, the tasting event reserved for the press will take place, entitled "Una Promessa è una Promessa" in which particularly promising young Italian chefs will present their dishes paired with wines from selected wineries.
Wednesday 12 June
The last day of the event will be dedicated to the now legendary “Sejanus Path” which will take place in the enchanting Marina di Seiano, an ancient and fascinating fishing village, where the Torre del Saracino restaurant is also located, within which, during lunch, the event dedicated to Sommeliers entitled “That pairing in Vico” in which some of the most important Sommeliers on the national scene will talk about their favorite pairing.
Naturally, at the end of each day the inevitable "after parties" will return, moments of "fusion and confusion" for all the souls of the Festival.
Party in Vico 2024: here are all the details
As always, the entire proceeds from the event will go towards the projects of the associations selected for this edition: Umberto Veronesi Ets Foundation, Alts Italia Ets Odv – Association for the Fight against Breast Cancer, Never give up – Association for the study and treatment of eating habits onlus, La Bottega dei Semplici Pensieri Odv, Hospital Supporters Foundation.
I for the tastings of La Repubblica del Cibo they will be available for purchase on site, only at the stands of the associations and foundations. As regards The Way of Sejanus it is possible to purchase the inputs by making a bank transfer to the account of the chosen association. Alternatively, it will be possible to purchase them on site at the stands of associations and foundations.
The places for The Dinner of the Stars they can only be purchased in advance by bank transfer to the cc of the chosen association or foundation.
The 2023 edition of Festa saw the participation of 25 thousand people who participated in the various activities of the festival, the proceeds of which were poured into beneficence.
“Festa a Vico – underlines Gennaro Esposito – is an invitation to live fully, to share emotions and to create indelible memories. It is an invitation to be enchanted by the authentic beauty of this land and its extraordinary culinary heritage and is confirmed for its lively atmosphere and its excellent cuisine, one of the most important culinary events in Italy".
