What G7 Attendees have on their Plates | Vantage with Palki Sharma

What G7 Attendees have on their Plates | Vantage with Palki Sharma

The G7 attendees have a lot on their plates. The menu offers Italian favourites like lasagna and lobster risotto along with some unusual additions like tomato ice-cream. The food has been sourced from southern to northern Italy. Over the years, food has played a powerful role in diplomacy. What message is Italy G7 menu trying to send? How have other G7 leaders fared? Palki Sharma tells you.

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now coming back to the G7 Summit with diplomacy on the menu the leaders will have plenty on their plates quite literally prime minister Georgia Malone is seizing this opportunity to showcase the dining prowess of Italy the menu is a gastronomical journey from the south of Italy to the north there are some Classics like lasagna and lobster Resort then there are unusual combinations like tomato flavored ice cream this is an opportunity for to Showcase its cultural richness and pair it with not only its famous wine but also inclusivity after all leaders from more than 18 Nations will be attending this Summit over the years food has played a powerful role in diplomacy so how have other G7 hosts faed have some leaders chosen the menu in bad taste here’s a report the G7 Summit is officially underway leaders from several Nations will spend the next few days in Italy’s apulia this includes the G7 of course or the Group of Seven Nations that’s the US Japan Germany France Italy Canada and the UK and along with them there will be guests from over 11 countries there’s a lot on the agenda it’s expected that world leaders will be negotiating difficult situations working long hours and spending a lot of time talking to people in short it’s going to get busy but no matter what like anyone else the leaders will have to eat and like most diplomatic gett togethers across centuries food is going to play a crucial role at this Summit which is why prime minister Georgia Maloney is going all out with gastro diplomacy so what’s on the menu a journey to Italy it begins from the south with crunchy bread and gold Leaf from Campana fish soup from the Adriatic blue lobster risoto and bergam from Calabria and tomato ice cream for dessert to most of us it sounds unusual but this ice cream is a hit in Italy over the next few days the menu will shift with flavors from the north of Italy the star of the show is the crunchy pot of lasagna the signature dish is exactly what the name suggests with slightly overcooked corners of the lasagna then there’s a little finger tortellino from Mona some may say what holds the menu together is bread a lot of attention is being paid to it and a lot of room has been created for meat as well it has directly been sourced from pedm this menu offering food in Italy’s favorite green white and red colors has been designed by masimo botura a top Italian chef who has been awarded seven Michelin stars botura is clearly being experimental because the combinations proposed for the G7 Summit are not exactly classic the food will be served with some of Italy’s best wines some Italian somier may turn up their noses on the pairings but these wines are loved by foreigners after all gastro diplomacy is complic ated business the menu must focus on conveying Italian values it should represent the country’s biodiversity and cultural richness along with a side of inclusivity after all leaders and politicians from across the world will have a go at it for instance at the G7 Summit last year in Japan leaders were treated to a belt expanding tour the menu showcased the best of Japanese dining including Japanese oysters heer beef and sea urchins but Japan didn’t always get it right in 1992 when then US President George Bush visited Japan he was offered raw salmon with caviar he then made history by becoming the first sitting president to vomit on the Prime Minister of Japan when it comes to food diplomacy the stakes are always high clearly Italy has a lot on its plate fan of Italy’s famous Cuisine well we are serving it with a side of diplomacy as the G7 leaders gather in southern Italy Vantage is taking you to the heart of the action what’s the agenda who is invited and how is Italy preparing for it catch the special edition of Vantage throughout this week only on first post fan of Italy’s famous Cuisine well we are serving it with a side of diplomacy as G7 leaders gather in southern Italy Vantage is taking you to the heart of the action what’s the agenda who’s invited and how is Italy preparing for it catch the special edition of Vantage throughout this week only on first post e