Sagraitalia

SAGRA  

Italy evokes many senses.....its unparalleled architecture, art and culture, style, landscape and its exquisite food of course.  Italians take their food very seriously, so much so that they hold special food festivals or "Sagras", from spring through to autumn every year.  Sagre vary from village to village, town to town and region to region and of course the season.  The food is always authentic, fresh and cooked with passion and without doubt, a culinary speciality.    

SAGRAITALIA VENUES 

All the venues that Sagraitalia uses for events, dinners and parties are specially chosen by our associates to compliment fully the Italian theme for that occasion. Venues vary in size from small and friendly bars, deli's and tasting rooms through to large barns holding seating over 120 people and restaurants, with function rooms catering for up to 200.

Sagraitalia works closely with many very talented chefs, wine importers, cheese retailers and party organisers to make sure that our  sagra are truly memorable occasions. Some of our most successful and fun events and evenings were held at such different venues as the Market Quarter in Elizabeth St, Belgravia,London, Creake Abbey Studios Barns in Burnham Market, Norfolk and The Studio in Hackney, London. Other venues include the FARM shop in Dalston, London, Market Bistro in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, The Hive in Hampstead, London, The Forum in Norwich, St Benedicts restaurant, Norwich and Browns Farm shop and Kitchen , Mundford, Norfolk.

We are always on the look out for suitable new venues and recently we have also been co operating with a wonderful new Hotel in the Le Marche region of Italy, Essentia Relais near Marina di Montemarciano just north of Ancona. Sagraitalia will be offering more food and wine events, which also include large parties at wonderful locations throughout London, the East of England and also in Italy in 2012 and beyond.

ESSENTIA RELAIS in LE MARCHE, ITALY

One of the venues in Italy that Sagraitalia will be using for our Italian based events in 2012 and beyond is the beautiful Essentia Relais hotel. The hotel is part of the Essentia group which is based just north of the Le Marche regions Capital at Ancona, the hotel being situated between the Adriatic resorts of Marina di Montemarciano and the beautiful town of Senigallia.

The hotel offers its visitors and guests a truly memorable experience as it has just reopened after an extensive refurbishment and conversion by the new owners. The whole feel and ambience of the hotel is contemporary and decorated throughout in a relaxed style, there are also meeting and function rooms offering businesses a complete service. In 2012 Sagraitalia hope to organise several food and tourism related events at Essentia and also offer our clients special offers on holidays and visits to this part of the Le Marche region.

 OLIVAVERDE

Olivaverde with Sagraitalia are also pleased to be working with many 

Farmers markets and organic food shops in the east of England and 

London to bring the great local food and fine olive oil from the lesser

 known regions of Italy to a wider public in the UK. This also includes

 starting a new Slow Food convivium in the East of England to 

promote locally produced food and hope that this will also allow us to

 hold many food orientated events and cookery demonstrations in 

some great venues. 

As well as offering fine extra virgin olive oil and pasta from Italy and other parts of the Mediterranean region, Olivaverde, can now offer olive oil and wine appreciation tours, cookery courses and culinary holidays in four very different regions of Italy, Le Marche, Umbria, Tuscany and Puglia.   Furthermore, clients would have the chance to meet our Italian friends and producers who provide all these wonderful products and enable them to experience first hand the hospitality, knowledge and love of fine extra virgin olive oils, wines and pasta.