Reporter del Gusto | Macau Daily Times report awarded in Italy

Mr Francesco Pizzagalli (left) presided over the Premio Reporter Del Gusto 2014 award ceremony

Macau Daily Times was one of six international publications awarded the prize “Premio Reporter Del Gusto 2014” (Tasting Reporter), along with five Italian media outlets.
The award ceremony took place last week at the three-starred Ristorante da Vittorio at Brusaporto, Bergamo, and was presided by Mr Francesco Pizzagalli, President of the IVSI – Instituto Valorizzazione Samuli Italiano, a non-profit organization created by “salumi” companies from the Emilia-Romagna Region to promote the famous Italian cured meat.
MDT was awarded the “Excellence in Trade Editorial Award” for having “highlighted the market prospects of the Italian food products in Macau (…) and the potential interest of Chinese entrepreneurs,” said the organizers in a press release. Titled “Italian Trade Commission promotes salami in town” the article was published on November 21, 2013. Macau Daily Times editor-in-chief, Paulo Coutinho attended the ceremony. The other awardees in the Hong Kong and Macau category were Mark Hammons (Tasting Kitchen), Li Hui (Phoenix TV), Grace Yan Yan Pang (Oriental Daily) and Yin Wa Chan (U Magazine). A Special Prize went to British newspaper The Sun for “Excellence in Feature Editorial”.
This was the 9th edition of Premio Reporter Del Gusto, an initiative that started in 2004 under the auspices of IVSI with the support of the Minister of Agriculture of Italy. Dozens of journalists and media outlets from Italy, other European countries, the USA, Japan and  Korea were awarded in the past. MDT is the first Macau publication to be distinguished by the Italian institute.
Around 100 people from the salumi and media industries attended the event, including a gala dinner masterly prepared by Italian star-chefs Kiko Cerea and Bobo Cerea.