Celebrating the food & beverage industry’s finest Unico Primo Pentola D’oro Awards

The Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario Canada (ICCO Canada), Unico Inc. and Primo Foods presented the 10th annual Pentola d’Oro Awards in downtown Toronto, bringing together Italian food lovers and industry professionals across the city. Held November 18, the revered culinary awards honoured the following individuals and businesses for their contributions to the Ontario food and beverage landscape: Paul Bravi (Senior Vice President, Food Basics, Metro) - Pentola d’Oro Award; Francesco Zulian (Vice President, General Manager of Sales, Italian Food Tech) - Italy-Canada Award; Alex Barrotti (Founder, TouchBistro) - Innovative Entrepreneur Award; Frank Commisso (President, Commisso Estate Winery) - Lifetime Achievement Award; Gemma Gelateria - Best Gelato Award; Il Covo - Favourite Hotspot Award. Also recognized were Sam Primucci (Founder, Pizza Nova), Nick Di Donato (President & CEO, Liberty Entertainment Group) and Arthur Pelliccione (Owner, Jan K Overweel Ltd.).

1. Francesco Zulian (Italy-Canada Award recipient) and Vince Scornaienchi 2. Patrick Pelliccione, Consul General Luca Zelioli, David Rocco and Tony Altomare 3. Patrick Pelliccione, Tony Altomare, Sam Primucci and Corrado Paina 4. Ralph Younes, Frank Commisso and John Porco (Title Sponsor) 5. Ron Sedran, Mary Dalimonte, Ernie DeCarlo, Nicole Dobinson andPat Pelliccione 6. Frank Commisso (Lifetime Achievement Award recipient), Pat Pessotto, Jenny Longo, Daniela Carcasole and Tony Altomare 7. Bambina Marcello, Alex Barrotti (Innovated Entrepreneur Award recipient), Riccardo Bressan, Fabrizio Secco and Pat Pelliccione 8. Tony Altomare, Domenic Primucci, Paul Bravi (Pentola d’Oro Award recipient), John Fabbro and Pat Pelliccione