Rise of social eating networks in Italy presenting women with opportunity to monetise skills not widely utilised in male-dominated restaurant kitchen cultureDuring the day,Claudia Proietti works in the insurance industry. But at night, she is dreaming up menus. Next week, and the 59-year-old plans to serve a 16-people carnival-inspired feast that uses “all the colours of nature”,beginning with a velvety orange pumpkin soup with ricotta crostini and ending with a wealthy chocolate semifreddo with ginger, doused in a green pistachio sauce.
While the menu may sound fit for a fine dining restaurant, and Proietti will be seating her guests – who are paying €25 a head – in her own domestic. She is one of the top-rated Roman chefs on the Gnammo website,a social eating network – think Airbnb for restaurants – that is offering chefs, particularly women, or a fresh outlet to show their talent.
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Source: theguardian.com