Ospitalità Italiana
Ospitalità Italiana Mission
- To promote the traditions of Italian agricultural and food products.
- To enhance the Italian gastronomic culture and the image of Italian Restaurants abroad.
- To guarantee the respect to standard quality of the Italian hospitality.
Eligibility Criteria
The restaurant must engage at least one person able to interact with the clients in ltalian (verified during the evaluation visit).
The place should have one or more typical Italian elements (picture to be attached to Form 1 – Registration Form).
The menu should be also written in correct Italian language (Menu’ File or photo to be attached to Form 1 – Registration Form).
The menu should mostly include (51%) of dishes and recipes from Italian tradition (Menu’ File or photo to be attached to Form 1 – Registration Form).
Description of the ingredients of at least 5 recipes of the Italian tradition included in the menu. Indication of the Regions/Zones of origin of the ingredients that mostly characterises each recipe (Candidate written declaration using Form 2 – Recipe Description).
The wine list should include at least 20% of DOP Italian wines (Wine List File or photo to be attached to Form 1 – Registration Form).
It should be foreseen for the customer the availability of extra virgin DOP olive oil (Candidate written declaration using Form 4 – DOP Product List).
The restaurant should have at least one person in the kitchen who could attest his/her own experience/proficiency in Italian cooking (Candidate written declaration using Form 3 – Italian Cooking Experience).
The restaurant is required a declaration of commitment that promotes and enhances the culture and the instrument of the designation of origin, whether Italian or local.
The restaurant is required to list the main DOP products used (Candidate written declaration using Form 4 – DOP Product List).
All the Restaurants approved by the Italian Certification Commission will receive the Ospitalita’ Italian Promotional pack, including a certificate, official plate and window decals and will be listed in all the participant internet portals and participate to the Italian Restaurant In The World Award!
How to Join Ospitalità Italiana
The Italian restaurant located in Western Australia that meet the requirement are invited to join Ospitalita’ Italiana.
All forms and additional material must be lodged with the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), Perth. Please contact ICCI via email to [email protected]
An ICCI representative will arrange to visit your restaurant in order to present the project in detail and to help you with the application and the execution of the evaluation visit.
The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Perth assesses the Restaurants based on strict quality standards that include: the use of certified ingredients of Italian origin, the presence of personnel able to interact with clients in Italian and other typical Italian elements, menu and wine list that contain traditional and certified products including extra virgin olive oil and, of course, at least one person in the kitchen who can attest experience and proficiency in Italian cooking.
