069 From The Big Apple To The Big Olive - GABRIELLA BECCHINA and Her Sicily

Travelling Through... London, the World and Life

GABRIELLA BECCHINA is an educator, a Sicilian tourism expert, a forager, a chef and an all round encyclopaedia of knowledge relating to the history, culture and food of Sicily. She studied art history in Basel, and worked in New York but her formative years were in Switzerland with school holidays in Sicily visiting family. It was only when her Sicilian father retired to his Sicilian roots in Castelvetrano - establishing an olive grove and trailblazing the way to producing a more sophisticated and polyphenol rich extra virgin olive oil production – that Gabriella decided to come and join him and get involved. She founded a food and tourism venture, which blossomed and has now morphed into Gabriella’s Key To Sicily in which she takes her guests back to the heart of healthy eating, pairing foods, cooking, and foraging amongst other activities. It was with huge delight that I had the opportunity to meet and podcast with Gabriella over two days. This is an inspiring introduction in to a Sicily that many will not normally see, so get those headphones on and tune in!

To learn more about/connect with Gabriella go to links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keytosicily/

Instagram: @gabriellasicily https://www.instagram.com/gabriellasicily/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gabriellasicily/with_replies

Email: [e-mail]

We were visiting the beautiful Azienda Agricola Carbona for the olive harvest (the land of which was once managed by Gabriella’s grandfather in the 1950s. It is now owned by the wonderful Vito Di Benedetto. A big thank you to him for hosting one part of the podcast chat. To find out more go to https://www.agriturismocarbona.it/

Learn more about your podcast host EMMA go to my website or to Instagram for my Sicilian travels @ontheroadwithRhoswyn or @travelling_through https://www.travellingthrough.co.uk/

And as always, a big thanks to MARISKA Martina at https://www.mariskamartina.com/ for creating our wonderful podcast jingle!