WTI Magazine #63    2015 June, 27
Author : Berardo Paradiso      Translation by:

This past November, Eataly and the Italian American Committee on Education (IACE) launched the contest initiative "Short Food Movie at Eataly," an extension of the EXPO Milan 2015 "Short Food Movie" program themed "Feed Your Mind, Film Your Planet." Our IACE students, who embark on educational and enriching tours of Eataly throughout the academic year, were encouraged to submit a 30-to-60-second video that presents his or her perspective on food and life to IACE and to EXPO, and the winners have been selected.

Drumroll please! The first place winning video is called "We Live, Eat and Grow," created by Alyssa Cuomo. Closely tied for second place are "Good Nutrition Wins a Gold Medal," presented by Gigi Politoski, and "Eating a Healthy Lunch to Live a Healthy Life," by Imma Spagnuolo. In third place, we have the submission simply titled "IACE Video – Eataly," created by Arianna Farinelli.

The IACE contest winners were determined by a committee led by Chef Lidia Bastianich, author, television personality, and Eataly partner. The committee is also comprised of Maria Teresa Cometto, author, journalist, and IACE vice president; and Mario Fratti, author of the musical "Nine" and IACE board member. The final member, Claudio Angelini, our good friend and President of the Dante Alighieri Society in New York, recently passed away. He was a very big supporter of the IACE program and will be dearly missed.

We congratulate all of our winners, and thank all of our applicants for participating. The decisions were not easy. The committee could tell that each applicant devoted a great deal of time and energy in these projects, and they commend the efforts of all of the participants.

The IACE winners will receive either a dinner for four at Eataly's fine-dining restaurant, Manzo; a tasting tour of Eataly for four; or an Eataly gift box, filled with delicious high-quality products directly imported from Italy.

Today IACE is concluding its contest with a celebration for the winners and committee, "IACE Awards at Eataly," with a screening of the top short food movies and awards ceremony, IACE's President Berardo Paradiso and local authority will attend this important event. EXPO will also unveil an enormous video installation comprising all of the submitted short food movies, which will be seen by millions of people across the world.

We were so thrilled by the entries from this year's Short Food Movie competition, and we're happy to announce that we'll be holding another competition during the upcoming 2015-2016 school year. With the involvement of world-renown photographer Francesco Tonelli, students will participate in an Instagram competition. Students will be asked to post a picture of Eataly's marketplace to Instagram with a to-be-determined hashtag, and a jury of experts will select a winner of the images that best visually captures the spirit of Eataly.