Events at FICO | Solidarity lunch with Cucine Popolari and many more

On 25 March at FICO, tradition will challenge innovation in a culinary duel that will announce the partnership with the training institution Italian Food Academy: FICO becomes a Haute Cuisine school. The event presenting the new courses will consist of a "chef battle" and will be held on Saturday 25 at the FICO Arena from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm. 

The weekend of 25-26 March will see the special Egg Hunt in the orchard dedicated to children in view of Easter, and the National Orchid Show, two days dedicated to rare and special orchids and to learning the secrets of these splendid plants that will arrive at FICO from private collections from all over Italy. 

On Sunday 2 April, there will be a large, inclusive lunch inside FICO, a stone's throw from the characteristic "Wine Road" and the central Arena. In the run-up to Easter, in fact, the collaboration between FICO and the voluntary association le Cucine Popolari has led to the creation of an event aimed at everyone, from the guests of the four solidarity canteens in Bologna to the volunteers who work there, passing through tourists, visitors and operators of the Food Park, uniting around the same table people who might never have had the chance to meet. It will be possible to make a direct contribution to the lunch by purchasing a valid ticket to sit down at the table and, at the same time, to effectively offer a 'suspended lunch' for those in need.

Also worth mentioning are the appointments with ArtiFICO, the artisans' market in collaboration with the Creartisti Association: an opportunity to immerse oneself in the artisan art of our country, in the all-Italian ability to create with one's own hands, unique and inimitable objects.