Italian chef congress comes to London

Twelve of Italy's top chefs, including Carlo Cracco (pictured) and Massimo Bottura, will travel to London next month to demonstrate their skills to members of the industry at the first Identita London chef congress.

UK-based Italian chefs Giorgio Locatelli and Angela Hartnett will join them at the event at Vinopolis on June 29 and 30 along with Danish head chef Rene Redzepi of Noma and Brazil`s Alex Atala of D.O.M.

Over the past five years, the event has only been held in Milan as Identita Golose​ but has become the ideal place for globally acclaimed chefs to meet to present and exchange ideas.

The London congress will see the selected chefs explain their techniques through the recreation of some of their signature dishes and will aim to show the variety of regional Italian cooking.

An event spokesman said: "London’s dynamic and multi-cultural restaurant scene makes it a natural choice for the expansion of Identita and the UK event aims to highlight the best of contemporary Italian cuisine by demonstrating the work of Italy’s finest chefs to the UK audience."

Italian chefs taking part are:

Massimiliano Alajmo of Le Calandre​

Giovanni Santini of Dal Pescatore​

Carlo Cracco of Ristorante Cracco​

Massimo Bottura of Osteria Francescana​

Moreno Cedroni of Madonnina del Pescatore​

Ciccio Sultano of Ristorante Duomo​

Anthony Genovese of Il Pagliaccio​

Ernesto Iaccarino of Don Alfonso 1890​

Enrico Crippa of Ristorante Piazza Duomo​

Norbert Niederkofler of St. Hubertus​

Emanuele Scarello of Agli Amici​

Corrado Assenza of Caffe Sicilia

Tickets for the event are £90 for one day and £150 for two. To book online and for more information visit www.identitalondon.com​​