

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Accademia Italiana della Cucina Dinner
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 08:30 am
- **Event Description**: ACCADEMIA ITALIANA della CUCINA

EXTRAORDINARY ECUMENICAL DINNER
OFFICIAL CELEBRATION – UNESCO CULTURAL HERITAGE LISTING FOR ITALIAN CUISINE
with the participation of H E Nicola Lener, Ambassador of Italy

Thursday 19 March 2026, 6.30 pm
CREMA ROOM at EAST HOTEL, 69 Canberra Ave, Kingston
$125 pp includes wine 

Dear Accademia colleagues and friends,

I wish to invite you all to our Accademia dinner celebrating the UNESCO cultural heritage listing for Italian cuisine which is a significant achievement for the Italian government. 

At this special event, His Excellency Nicola Lener and his wife will be in attendance to celebrate this important occasion.

The Accademia has called this extraordinary ecumenical dinner to celebrate the achievement as a prominent partner in the underlying process. Some information about the process is in the background attachment. I would like to underline that the recognition is for cuisine originating from family traditions not just culinary but also including the convivial and social aspects handed down through generations. It does not include “fine dining”, as some would like you to believe.

The Accademia has specified that one dish must follow the family traditions so we have asked the chef to make the first dish, pasta all’amatriciana that way.  This should please those who would would like to enjoy pasta the way an Italian mum would cook.

Attached is the menu for the evening prepared in collaboration with the chef of “Agostinis", Francesco Balastrieri, at a cost of $125 including a generous donation of wine by the Embassy of Italy. There is a choice for “secondo” (please choose veal or chicken). Please send your selection through with your booking email or message.

Please book by 12 March and include your main (secondo) meal selection by sending an email or message to our
Treasurer Enrico Saccardo:

Email: enricosaccardo@hotmail.com
Mobile: 0413 517 197

I would appreciate if you can pay for your booking by direct transfer into our bank account.

Acct Name: Accademia Italiana della Cucina (Canberra)
Acct No: 487932116
BSB 112-879

Un saluto a presto,
 
Luciano Lombardo
President
Canberra Delegation
Accademia Italiana della Cucina
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/accademia-italiana-della-cucina-dinner/200029715580911
- **Event Categories**: food-drinks, Nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 36

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Canberra
- **state**: CT
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: East Hotel
- **lat**: -35.319277878499
- **long**: 149.13724071288
- **full address**: East Hotel, 1 Giles St, Griffith ACT 2603, Australia, Canberra

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Viva Italia in Canberra (https://allevents.in/org/viva-italia-in-canberra/25503669)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 08:30 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** East Hotel, 1 Giles St, Griffith ACT 2603, Australia, Canberra
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Viva Italia in Canberra
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** food-drinks, Nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Accademia Italiana della Cucina Dinner ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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