Also stopping by the booth were the world’s most famous pizza maker, Bonci, President Occhiuto and the fair director More than satisfied is the Consortium for the Protection of Bergamot of Reggio Calabria. The participation in the Rimini fair, Macfrut, excited the many visitors intrigued by the particularities of the green gold of Calabria.
President Ezio Pizzi wanted to thank the Region of Calabria for the success of the fair: “Perfect organization, fairs make sense and are useful if all the actors, from producers to the political side and institutions, lead a common communication battle. Unique. This is how it happened in Rimini, this is how it must be in the continuation. We publicly thank President Roberto Occhiuto who dwelt on our bergamot, a treasure of Reggio Calabria. Sipping more than a few glasses of juice. But also Councillor Gianluca Gallo, who was present and proactive. Director Giacomo Giovinazzo, tireless, and then, last but not least, Dr. Alessandra Celi and Dr. Luca Caruso, from the Region, who supervised every single aspect,” remarked President Pizzi.
At the Bergamot stand in Reggio Calabria, the president of the Macfrut fair Renzo Piraccini and especially the Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollibrigida also strongly wanted to stop by, “sniffing” the bergamot for the longest time and becoming passionate about the story around the essences and the fruit.
Not only that: the success of the Protection Consortium at Macfrut is evidenced by national television coverage on Tg5, thanks to journalist Gioacchino Bonsignore of Gusto, who knows all too well the potential expressed by bergamot. And, not to be left out, even one of the most followed pizza chefs in the world, Gabriele Bonci protagonist even of a series on Netflix, who wanted to take an interest in the flavors of bergamot and its hypothetical use in cooking.

Therefore, an unprecedented success. “We are convinced that this is the right and correct path,” the conclusion of President Ezio Pizzi and the entire Consortium team that participated in Macfrut.