Dining Tales from inside Glasgow’s hospitality scene
We joined a sold out night in Waterstones last night at the launch of Dining Tales book. Dining Tales is the work of Marco Giannasi, the former owner of Battlefield Rest and Alex Meikle, author.
Marco Giannasi has recently retired from the Glasgow restaurant scene and went on a journey to meet the chefs and those who make the Glasgow food scene. He collaborated with author Alex Meikle to bring these stories together in a book, and to raise money for Beatson Cancer Research.
We listened to stories from Marco as well as from Peter Mckenna of The Gannet, Giovanna Eusebi from Eusebi’s and Asif Ali from Shish Mahal.
What can be taken away from the night, and the book, is the passion and the hard work involved in hospitality. There were stories about family, potential catastrophe and what keeps them doing what they do.
Featured include:- John Quigley (Red Onion), Giovanna Eusebi (Eusebi’s Deli), Sandro Sarti (Sarti’s) , Alfredo Coia (Coia’s Cafe Restaurant), Domenico Crolla (Oro), Michele Pagliocca (Butterfly and Pig), Graeme Cheevers (Unalome), Ryan James (The Buttery), Seumas MacInnes (Cafe Gandfolfi), Paul Stevenson (Paesano), Gillian Eagleson, Marco Giannasi, Jen Docherty & Alex Matheson (Battlefield Rest), Guy Cowan (Guy’s), Natalino Cellino (Celinos) , Chris Martinolli (La Lanterna) , Peter McKenna (The Gannet), Zoltan Szabo, Trevor Lee (Opium) , Stephen Crawford (Six by Nico), Ferrier Richardson (The East End Fox) , Brian Scanlan, (Cameron House), Aurelien Mourez (Ox & Finch) , Asif Ali, (Shish Mahal), Stefano Giovanazzi (Cafe Parma), Mario Gizzi (Dimaggios) and Brian Maule (Chandon D’or)
Author: Glasgow Foodie
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