SPECIAL PROJECT: a donation to Massimo Bottura's
Refettorio Harlem. This limited edition extra virgin olive oil is a Ghetto Gastro x Gustiamo pro bono collab. 100% of the profits will be donated to Food for Soul, the inspiring organization founded by Massimo Bottura. Each bottle of Pressure olive oil sold will provide 15 neighbors in our community with a weekly selection of fresh produce and a nourishing multi course meal served with hospitality and dignity at the table of Refettorio Harlem.
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Allow us to introduce the Leone di Carpineto 500+ year old olive trees. Their olives are hand harvested, washed, pressed, and bottled within hours of picking from the tree. Not only that, but this will be the first 2023/2024 harvest extra virgin olive oil from Italy in the United States. Meaning this will be the freshest Italian olive oil in the country, limited to only 150 bottles. Very RARE!
"We want to share with our community the things we have learned, and most importantly tasted, on our travels. This sharing of cultures is vital to our essence and being. When our friends at Gustiamo hit me to come press olive oil in Italy during the height of harvest season, it was a no brainer. Plus, it was fashion week in Paris, so I didn’t really need much more of an excuse to hop on a plane and drop in the flame. I touched Paris for a quick 24 and hopped on the first thing smoking to Rome. After about a 3 hour drive, we arrive. A small quiet place named Molise, this region is old, I’m talking ancient Roman gladiator stadiums in the middle of the town old. It is also home to PARCO DEI BUOI, a family owned 2k trees olive farm. Considering other olive farms have upwards of 40k trees, Francesco and his family are running a tight operation and are able to pay close attention to the details.
100% of the profits will be donated to our friends at the Food for Soul Refettorio Harlem by Massimo Bottura and his wife Lara, where they have set up a beautiful operation to feed those in need."
Prego,
Chef P + Ghetto Gastro
"Imagine a jam session where the most amazing artists are performing, all together, to lift up the souls. What we’re doing in Harlem is exactly the same, a song of collaboration which is unifying Food for Soul efforts and our partners to take action. Together we are the revolution.”
Massimo Bottura
Refettorio Harlem is a community cultural project by Food for Soul in collaboration with Free Food Harlem. To date, it has helped save 65,648.82 pounds of food from waste, distributed 4,306 bags of fresh produce, and provided 35,999 meals.
