PRATO – From cloister to cloister 2024: food and wine festival in Prato.
From cloister to cloister 2024, in Prato the protagonist is the food and wine festival in the cloisters of Saint Dominic with the chefs’ proposals. Of Holy spirit with drinks made in Prato. Di Sant’Agostino with sweets from Prato pastry chefs.
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 that opened on Monday 1st and will also be on Tuesday 2nd July. The inclusion in the itinerary of the Cloister of the Church of the Holy Spirit. A treasure chest containing paintings such as the Presentation at 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 in the event of a Chinese restaurant. 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 includes countless restaurants of ethnic origin that make the panorama of the city’s catering unique in Tuscany and Italy.
opening the city and revealing places that are often unknown even to the people of Prato is an attraction that should be increasingly promoted”.
The President of the Regional Council of Tuscany spoke of a “beautiful initiative” Anthony Mazzeowho underlined the importance of promoting “our typical products and the short supply chain 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 councillor for economy and tourism, Leonardo Marrasdefined ‘Di chiostro in chiostro’ as “one of the most important events in Tuscany. We follow it willingly, because it is one of the many regional events of ‘Vetrina Toscana’, according to whose regulations the products of the Tuscan countryside are used to create typical dishes, perhaps revisited”.
For the mayor Ilaria Bugetti “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 the people of Prato is an attraction that should be increasingly promoted”.
“The event – explained the provincial president of Confesercenti Prato Stephen Bonfanti – wants to be the link between tourism and traditions of our territory. Confesercenti Prato has decided to propose again for 2024 the event that has had great success in recent years. We have worked to transform it into an attraction not only for Prato, but for the entire metropolitan area. In fact, tourism has completely changed face over the last few years and food and wine has become a great attraction for travelers. Combining food and wine with art and tourism is certainly a winning formula and our province, as well as 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 tourist point of view”.
The event’s program is rich and free to enter, with drinks purchasable at the ticket offices of the Chiostri. In the Chiostri di San Domenico there will be 11 restaurants that will present traditional dishes with the Chinese restaurant news. In the cloister of Sant’Agostino there will be four pastry chefs offering 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 events of Eat Prato, following the framework agreement with the Municipality of Prato, as well as of Vetrina Toscana, the project of the Region in collaboration with Unioncamere Toscana, with the common goal of promoting and enhancing the quality food and wine production of the territory 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.
