chef advisor : Elena Ruocco

 

Elena Ruocco

A chef, originally from Rome, a resident of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Elena is the Team

Coordinator of the itchefs-GVCI delegation

and will supervise the culinary operations.

In Italy, she has worked with Igles Corelli

and has collaborated with Donato De Santis,

an Italian chef in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as food stylist.

Elena Ruocco

Elena Ruocco is the itchefs-GVCI Event Manager and lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Born in Rome, she spent 18 years working as accountant for different financial business then, 8 years ago, changed her life to feed her deepest passion – cooking.

        She attended the Gambero Rosso professional courses "Professione Cuoco" in Rome, and worked at La Tamerice of Igles Corelli. In Buenos Aires, she worked for 4 years as an independent personal chef and food styling assistant for South American magazines ("El Gourmet" and "Cousine & Vins").

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,

Francesco Carli, executive chef or the Copacabana Palace Hotel,

and Elena Ruocco, chef advisor of the Sitio do Moinho,

organised, in that hotel, a refined Ligurian dinner

prepared by guest chef, Claudio Pasquarelli,

of the Claudio di Bergeggi restaurant.

Chef Carli was replaced by Chef Nicola Finamore in the actual event.

This unforgettable dinner was preceded

by the qualifications to the Pesto Championship, c

oordinated by Roberto Panizza, the creator of the Championship.

The winner was Bruno Armbrust.

IDIC 2011:

Elena Ruocco

and Francesco Carli in Rio de Janeiro