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INtERNAtIoNAl ChEfS

GÉRARD MÉnÉTRIER, Pastry Chef and Chocolatier, Des Lis Chocolat
Teaches at the Academies of Créteil, Versailles and Paris. Was awarded a “Pastry Oscar”;
runner-up in the French Pastry Cup. Member of the Culinary Academy of France. Nemours,
France, is a Sister City of Wilmington, Delaware.
FESTIVAL EVEnTS: Sunday Stein + Vine at Summer Stage Wilmington,
Déjeuner à Wilmington, Gala Winemakers Dinner + Live Wine Auction,
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware Winemakers Dinner,
Wilmington Trust Winemakers Dinner in the Barn at Big Bend Farm
6 rue Louis Blériot, Nemours, France | deslischocolat.com
FAbIO RAIOLA, Chef/Owner, Ristorante Volcano
A graduate of the prestigious Roberto Virtuoso Culinary School in Salerno, he is also
a teacher and lecturer. Past: Residence Le Terrazze Agropoli and the Hotel Cervo Costa
Smeralda. Olevano sul Tusciano, Italy, is a Sister City of Wilmington, Delaware.
FESTIVAL EVEnTS: Cal-Ital Winemakers Dinner, Masters on the Main Line Winemakers
Dinner, Wilmington Trust Winemakers Dinner in the Barn at Big Bend Farm
Brodolini 20-22, Battipaglia, Italy | vulcanosas.eu

sister cities
Wilmington, Delaware, the home base of the MidAtlantic Wine + Food Festival’s
35 multi-state events, has six Sister Cities: nemours, France, Olevano sul Tusciano,
Italy, Kalmar, Sweden, Watford, England, Fulda, Germany and Osogbo, nigeria.
Sister Cities of Wilmington, Inc. espouses the goals of the national organization
as set forth by founder President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956: “Two deeply held
convictions unite us in common purpose. First, is our belief in effective, responsive local government
as a principal bulwark of freedom. Second, is our faith in the great promise of Sister City affiliations in
helping build the solid structure of world peace.”
The MidAtlantic Wine + Food Festival is pleased to welcome two chefs from Wilmington’s Sister Cities:
Gérard Ménétrier, Pastry Chef and Chocolatier, Des Lis Chocolat, Nemours, France. (Bio: p10)
Fabio Raiola, Chef/Owner, Ristorante Volcano, Olevano sul Tusciano, Italy. (Bio: p12)
Each will be accompanied by delegates and other VIPs from their cities. Welcome!

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Olevano sul Tusciano

Nemours

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