Carlo Petrini started Slow Food out of protest against the world’s largest “fast food” chain. Two decades later, the movement is an international phenomenon.
Last month, Carlo Petrini was awarded the prestigious French Traditions et Qualité – Les Grandes Tables du Monde culinary prize from France’s top gastronomes and 3-star Michelin chefs in recognition of Slow Food’s commitment to food culture and the essential values of gastronomy. It’s the first time the prize has gone to a non-French non-chef.
To get a taste of how the organisation has brought life back to products thought lost forever in the fast lane, I visited a Slow Food event in Carlo Petrini’s hometown Bra, Italy.
(first broadcast on Eurovox, Deutsche Welle Radio, 26th, November, 2007)