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Salone Del Gusto 2006 – 5 days of gastronomic curiosity in Torino

1500 food communities from 5 continents, 5000 farmers, breeders, fishermen and traditional food producers, 1000 cooks and 200 universities meet in Turin to share tastes, scents, colours, sounds, and experiences. This year, competing for customers alongside Madagascan red rice, Rumanian Brânza de burduf cheese, Sarikey pepper harvesters, Norwegians with stockfish and Andean chips will be Yorkshire Meats, a specialist meat company from York with handmade sausages, dry-cured bacon and rare-breed pork.

Welcome to the “Global Food Village”- Salone del Gusto 2006.

Every two years, approved slow-food producers set up stands and pitch their products on the international stage to the public. Situated in 50,000 square metres of old Fiat factory in Turin, the 2006 festival - the largest in the world - hosted over 150,000 guests and 600 exhibitors from 120 different countries. Organized by Slow Food and the City of Turin, the objective of the event is to promote the fine food sector and to help small-scale producers thrive in the world food market by advocating the importance of slow and traditional food production.

Through securing a DTI Government Grant, Yorkshire Meats reserved a stand in the heart of the event to promote British meat and the finest British cuisine. We printed 5000 leaflets in 5 languages and attended seminars and networking evenings to do our part for British meat and export. Likewise, we worked with the BPA to promote the Oxford Sandy and Black pig and to raise the profile of Britain’s rarest native breeds.