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An Important Target<br />

This sixth edition of Master of Taste is an important target for the project we<br />

embarked upon years ago, driven by the desire to raise the proile of Turinese<br />

food and wine, its producers, purveyors and artisans — the real Masters —<br />

who work with great commitment to carry on the local tradition of taste and<br />

the quality of their products.<br />

Since the first edition, the Masters have grown in number at a rate of more than<br />

30 per cent a year and there are now 156 of them. Aware of the importance<br />

of the initiative, many have proposed themselves as candidates and agreed<br />

to undergo assessment on the basis of the prerequisites envisaged by the<br />

project: “Turineseness” as judged by the Chamber of commerce, hygiene<br />

and health as analyzed by the Chemical Laboratory and taste, as established<br />

by Slow Food which has raised the courageous battle of “good, clean and<br />

fair” food from Piedmont to international level.<br />

Over the years, it is not only the number of these “creators” of taste that has<br />

increased, but also their quality, often thanks precisely to their participation<br />

in the project and the advice they have received as a result. This is one of<br />

the reasons why today 89 per cent of consumers acquainted with our logo<br />

is prepared to buy a product recommended by Masters of Taste at a higher<br />

price than elsewehere.<br />

These are just some of the results that we have achieved in the course of<br />

time. But they are not all. The diffusion activity performed since 2002 through<br />

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