Lancashire restaurant is double finalist in Italian Food Industry Awards
Residing in the heart of Lancashire’s Ribble Valley, Italian restaurant La Locanda is delighted to have made the finals for not one but TWO award categories at the respected PAPA Awards 2024.
- Best Independent Italian Restaurant
- Environmental & Sustainability Award
The Pizza, Pasta & Italian Food Industry Awards is a national, annual event that recognises and celebrates excellence in the Italian food industry, focusing on the quality and authenticity of Italian cuisine.
Making it to the finals for the first time in the Environmental & Sustainability category, this award shines the spotlight on those businesses which have made a significant effort to improve the world around them, benefitting their local community, putting social responsibility at the heart of their operations and developing new practices which help the environment (with 99% of La Locanda’s total waste recycled!)
Presenting to the panel of revered judges, La Locanda explained in depth their passion to create delicious food in the most sustainable and sympathetic way, to help protect the planet.
In 2023 winning the Platinum Award for Best Independent Italian Restaurant elevated La Locanda’s position as the finest in the country. Can they retain the title for 2024? Winners for this year’s PAPA awards will be announced at the celebrated event at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on Thursday, 7th November.
Chef Maurizio Bocchi says “We are so proud to be included amongst a shortlist of amazing restaurants and chefs in the UK. My promise is to create and serve a menu of Italian dishes passed down through generations that allow our customers to immerse themselves in a truly Italian dining experience.”
Chef Maurizio also represents the Lancashire region as ‘Taste Ambassador’ for Marketing Lancashire, joining a stellar line-up of the county’s most celebrated chefs.