Florence, 27 June 2024 – Returns, 1st and 2nd July ‘From Cloister to Cloister’. Il food and wine festival organized by Confesercenti Prato as part of the Vetrina Toscana calendar and the Eat Prato event. Two evenings dedicated to the best of the culinary tradition with the tasting of wines and typical products with two new features. Insertion into the path of Cloister of the Church of the Holy Spirit. A treasure chest containing paintings such as the Presentation in the Temple by Filippo Lippi, the Annunciation by Jacopo di Cione, and the Madonna and Child, Saint Anne and Saints by Michele Tosini and Ridolfo Ghirlandaio. And the debut of a Chinese cuisine restaurant in the event. The presence of a Chinese restaurant is intended to be a first step towards a more complete representation of Prato’s food and wine, which has countless restaurants of ethnic origin that make the city’s restaurant scene unique in Tuscany and Italy. The president of the Regional Council, Antonio Mazzeo, spoke of “a wonderful initiative”, underlining the importance of valorising “our typical and short supply chain products in a land that is not only art and culture, but also good food and excellent wines and food and wine is a way to make known how much goodness there is in our territories”. The regional councilor for Economy and Tourism, Leonardo Marras, defined ‘From cloister to cloister’ as “one of the most important events in Tuscany. We willingly follow it, because it is one of the many regional events of ‘Vetrina Toscana’, according to which the products of the Tuscan countryside are used to create typical dishes, perhaps revisited”. The mayor of Prato, Ilaria Bugetti, spoke of an “opportunity to discover hidden treasures, such as places or works of art”. “The idea of opening up the city and revealing places that are often unknown even to people from Prato is an attraction to be increasingly valorised”. “The event – explained the provincial president of Confesercenti Prato Stefano Bonfanti – aims to be the link between tourism and the traditions of our territory. Confesercenti Prato has decided to propose again for 2024 the event which has had great success in recent years. We worked to transform it into an attraction not only for Prato, but for the entire metropolitan area. Tourism, in fact, has completely changed its face over the last few years and food and wine has become a great attraction for travellers. Combining food and wine with art and tourism is certainly a winning formula and our province, like all of Tuscany, is rich in typical products and gastronomic traditions. Protecting and promoting these products is certainly one of the tasks of every local entrepreneur from an agricultural, industrial, commercial and tourism point of view”. The program of the event is rich Free admission with drinks purchasable at the Cloisters’ cash registers. In San Domenico there will be 11 restaurants that will present traditional dishes with the novelty of a Chinese restaurant. In the cloister of Sant’Agostino there will be four pastry chefs who will offer their products. While in the cloister of Spirito Santo, with a background of live jazz music, you can sip long drinks, wine, beers and cocktails. ‘Da Chiostro a Chiostro 2024’ is promoted by Confesercenti Prato and is part of the program of Eat Prato events, following the framework agreement with the Municipality of Prato, as well as Vetrina Toscana, the Region’s project in collaboration with Unioncamere Toscana , with the common objective of promoting and enhancing the quality food and wine production of the area and consolidating its tourist vocation. An event possible thanks to the availability of the Curia which allowed the initiative to be carried out in exclusive locations. Maurizio Costanzo
