Prisons: ‘starred’ Christmas lunches in 44 Italian penitentiaries. There is also Vibo

On the occasion of Christmas, 1,500 volunteers will enter 44 Italian penitentiary institutions to share a lunch in the name of solidarity with male and female prisoners.. In fact, on Thursday 19 December, the , with the patronage of the Ministry of Justice. A “special” lunch because, as always, it will be made with their teams by star chefs and haute cuisine chefs from all over Italy, and served, with generosity and participation, by well-known faces from the world of entertainment, culture and journalism. , and former Olympians. The guests at lunch will be around 8,000 prisoners, who are now eagerly awaiting this day of celebration which, in some institutions, will also be shared with their children and family. Many penitentiary institutions have already joined the initiative: Milano Opera, Turin, Lecco, Alessandria, Ivrea, Verbania, Vicenza, Bologna (male and female), Castelfranco Emilia (MO), Parma, Florence (juvenile), Massa, Rome Rebibbia (female section), Rome Rebibbia – Nuovo Complesso (male section), Fermo, Teramo, Pesaro, Sulmona (AQ), Vasto (CH), Pozzuoli (NA) (female), Napoli Secondigliano, Nisida minor (NA), Salerno (female section), Eboli (SA), Aversa (CE), Avellino, Ariano Irpino (AV), Capua Vetere ( CE), Airola (minor) (BN), Potenza, Cosenza, Crotone, Palmi (RC), Corigliano Rossano (CS), Vibo Valentia, Catanzaro (minor), Cagliari Uta, Cagliari (minor), Lanusei (NU), Lodé-Mamone (NU), Nuoro, Palermo, Catania (minor), Syracuse. To prepare the 44 Christmas lunches, 46 starred chefs, masters, innkeepers or haute cuisine chefs have agreed to participate by making their art and culinary skills available. Among them, many will personally offer the entire lunch. The mise en place, with attention to the smallest details and often accompanied by centerpieces created for the occasion by the prisoners themselves with the support of the associations, will be the responsibility of 1500 volunteers who this year will serve, together with the artists, around 25,000 dishes distributed throughout the prisons involved. Many artists, journalists and athletes have already agreed to support this initiative. Among these, Dado, Michela Giraud, Serena Bortone, Nunzia De Girolamo, Ilaria Grillini, Angela Missoni, Patrizia Pellegrino, Felicita Pistilli, Mario Rosini, Paola Perego, Giuseppe Di Tommaso, Serena Bagozzi, Gilles Rocca, Moreno, Lisa Di Giovanni, Renzo Sinacori, the storyteller Roppoppo, Carmine Faraco, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Gianpiero Perone, Max De Rosa, the actresses «Le VIPere” (Marina Di Paola and Giorgia Caponetti), Giuseppe Giannini, Nicola Legrottaglie, Ottavio Demontis, Gioia Masia, Jordan Valdinocci, Christian Manfredini, Cristina Sferrazza, Anna Maria Chiarito, Edoardo Mirabella, Mino Abbacuccio, Gianluigi Nuzzi, Giuseppe Cruciani, DJ Ringo, Gatto Panceri, Francesco Rizzuto and many others. The presentation press conference will be held Wednesday 18 December at 11.00 in the Nassiriya Fallen room of the Senate of the Republic.