The first degree in Mediterranean Gastronomic Sciences at Federico II University

The University Federico II Department of Agriculture, in Naples, which is the first in Italy dedicated to the subject and the first Gastronomic Sciences for the Campania Region, has instituted the first Bachelor’s Degree in Mediterranean Gastronomic Sciences. It offers subjects ranging from agricultural production, food and gastronomic technologies, history, sociology, communication, marketing and economics. The degree was “baptized” yesterday at the Bourbon Palace of Portici, by Gaetano Manfredi, Rector of the largest University in southern Italy, with the participation of starred chefs and great pizza chefs like Alfonso Iaccarino, Gennaro Esposito, Gino Sorbillo and Franco Pepe, the Minister for Education Marco Bussetti, who underlined that “Federico II is a candidate to become the international point of reference in the sector. Made in Italy is the calling card of our excellences”.