ALMA – The School of Italian Culinary Arts — the most authoritative centre for high schooling in Italian delicacies and hospitality internationally — officially marked the opening of its first flagship college in Southeast Asia with a particular inauguration ceremony at The Food School Bangkok, Thailand’s first multinational culinary college, the place ALMA, alongside Tsuji Culinary Institute and Dusit Thani College, is predicated.
Presided over by Mr Enzo Malanca, President and CEO of ALMA – The School of Italian Culinary Arts, His Excellency Mr Paolo Dionisi, Ambassador of Italy to Thailand, and ALMA’s Italian Chef Instructors, the inauguration ceremony served as a platform to warmly welcome the first batch of scholars of ALMA’s Italian Cuisine and Italian Bakery and Pastry Certificate Courses. Mr Malanca additionally shared the inspiration and imaginative and prescient behind opening the first flagship ALMA faculty in Southeast Asia at The Food School Bangkok.
“ALMA’s mission is to deliver and promote Italy’s unique culinary heritage to the world, and we felt that Thailand was the closest by way of gastronomic culture,” stated Mr Malanca. “The kingdom’s geographical place ensures college students from around Southeast Asia can simply journey to the varsity and hone their abilities with skilled programs that reflect the latest culinary developments and innovations.”
Since 2004, ALMA has undergone fixed development and upholds its goals of ensuring ALMA’s academic programs remain up-to-date and that students become resilient to the ever-changing and professional culinary world. To achieve such objectives, ALMA ensures all its skilled programmes, now offered in over 20 countries, are aligned with the famend excessive requirements established at ALMA’s headquarters in Italy.
“Globally, we produce over 1,000 graduates each year, and we do our utmost to make sure each of our graduates is equipped with a solid understanding of conventional and up to date approaches to add value and creativity to their dishes, and masterly begin their careers in the trade,” mentioned Mr Malanca.
At The Food School Bangkok, ALMA is now offering Certificated Courses and Short Courses in Italian Cuisine and Italian Bakery & Pastry, and Masterclasses in Italian Cuisine. Professional chef instructors leading the courses from ALMA embody Chef Francesco De Rosa and Chef Martina Sabbioni, who specialise in conventional Italian dishes, and Chef Enrico Nativi, who specialises in conventional and up to date Italian bakery and pastry.
Speaking on behalf of Dusit International, one of many key equity partners in The Food School, Mr Siradej Donavanik, Vice President – Development Global, Dusit International, stated, “Italian cuisine is wealthy with heritage, and the country’s food and desserts are among the best-loved dishes worldwide. To learn how to prepare dinner it well, you want to be taught from the perfect, and that is exactly what ALMA presents. As a half of our objective to create the primary multinational culinary institute in Thailand, we are delighted to work with ALMA as an important academic companion and key investor in The Food School Bangkok, and we sit up for embracing our shared values to empower sustainability, nurture entrepreneurial mindsets, and create a progressive learning neighborhood with them.”
Bonus , School Director, The Food School Bangkok, said, “In collaboration with ALMA, we started providing a variety of Italian Cuisine and Italian Bakery and Pastry Short Courses and Masterclasses in October 2022, and the response has been unbelievable. Each course has been fully enrolled, and the scholar feedback has been glorious. This 12 months, we count on much more success, with ALMA launching its first Italian Cuisine and Italian Bakery & Pastry Certificated Courses on 9 January 2023.”