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Mediterranean cuisine, buffet, vegetarian, pasta, baking,
hearth breads, desserts and more from the Institute's and
Italy's top culinary professionals.
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Our masters travel to every continent presenting haute Italian
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Nicola Stratoti
Artistic
Baking Master
CURRENT 3 TIME WORLD CHAMPION
Perfection is achieved when we apply our talents
without respite. Nicola Stratoti has won every competition he's
ever entered thanks to his skill as a master and, most importantly,
his love and dedication to his work...
Il Maestro Nicola now shares his art during
programs at ICI!
Use
the links to the left for Nicola's courses or click here
to start
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Click
here
for a closer look at Artistic Baking!
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AT
A GLANCE
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This masterpiece depicting
'Il Vino' during Roman times, is made completely from
bread and won best overall piece at the European Culinary
Salon 2005.
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- Executive
Chef, Il Bivio, Calabria, Italy
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Member
of the International Culinary Jury for Decorative Baking
and Pizza
- Cookbook
author
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Present
Board Member, Italian Federation of Chefs
- Instructor
at the Italian Institute for Advanced Culinary and Pastry
Arts, Italy
- Instructor
at I.P.S.S.A.R., Cosenza & Rome, Italy
- Instructor
at SPCI, Montreal, Canada
- Demonstration
Chef for the Italian Pizza Masters Society
- TV
show: La Via del Gusto
- Food
writer for trade magazines
- Consultant
for food styling and decoration for special event
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SOME
OF NICOLA STRATOTI'S RECENT AWARDS
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TOP: Chef Nicola with international
participants at ICI. BOTTOM: Il Maestro and
his work.
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- 1
Gold, 1 Silver, Best Overall Exhibition Piece, SIGEP,
Rimini, Italy, 2006
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Gold, 2 Silver, International Culinary Salon, Salzburg,
Austria, 2005
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Gold, Best Overall Exhibition Piece, SIGEP, Rimini, Italy,
2005
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Gold, 1 Silver, Best Overall Exhibition Piece, International
Culinary Salon, Rome, Italy, 2004
- Maestro
di Cucina, Italian Federation of Chefs, 2004
- Chef
of the Year, Italian Federation of Chefs, 2003
- Chef
of the Year, Calabrian Federation of Chefs, 2002
- Other
medals in national and world competitions include the
Italian National Championships, Campidoglio Championships,
Roma, World Culinary Salon,, Basil, Switzerland, Salon
Culinaire Mondial, etc. 1990-2006...
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Front
and center! Nicola Stratoti wins gold and best piece overall in
Rimini.
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Artistic
baking is the latest form of food art among European and Asian culinary
professionals. Although the art form can be traced back five thousand years,
it has since been reserved for royalty and those few that could afford the
cost of an artisan baker. Now, thanks to new techniques, artistic baking
has made its way to the culinary art spotlight.
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ICI's
Fabio Momolo in his role as judge examines Nicola's work.
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Nicola Stratoti
has developed techniques that enable his students to reproduce, improvise
and create 'bread art' after just two days of full immersion instruction.
"I'm not an artist or even a baker...I am a chef", says Nicola,
"this art form is based on simple techniques. Even so, the possibilities
are as endless as your imagination."
"Chef
Nicola's art is based on the real world", says ICI director John
Nocita, "he understands how busy chefs are, the daily routine of
a busy kitchen and, most importantly, the equipment limitations that most
must deal with. This technique is unique not only for its spectacular
results but for its simplicity. Particularly attractive is the fact that
these pieces last up to a year and so can be used over and over again.
Fruit and vegetable art, while beautiful, is very labor intensive and
last just days by comparison..."
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Assembling
a bread portrait.
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Even as chef
Nicola continues to win international accolades from culinary judges and
his clientele, he understands that yesterdays innovation is tomorrow's
mediocrity. It's for this reason that technique and workmanship are constantly
updated to keep him, and his students, two steps ahead of the competition...
Along with being
a Maestro Scultore, Nicola Stratoti is an executive chef and Maestro
Pizzaiolo (Master Pizza Maker). His artistic baking works are exported
throughout the region where they are used to embellish both food and nonfood
events. He also contributes several hours every week to work in children's
hospitals in the region where he feels that his art makes more difference
than anywhere else...
 Nicola
Stratoti is now part of the following programs at ICI for the 2006 - 2008
sessions:
~Master
of Italian Cuisine
~The
Evolution of Italian Cuisine
~Italian
Culinary Exploration
~Pastry,
Desserts & Specialty Breads
~Advanced
Mediterranean Cuisine
Click
here
for a closer look at Artistic Baking!
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Andrea Voltolina
Ice
Carving Classic
6th
Annual Celebration of the Mediterranean Cuisine
of Great Greece
