Monday, April 15th, at 8 PM, the historic restaurant Zi Teresa hosts the Seventh Edition of “An Angel Among the Stars” the charity dinner organized by Claudio and Giovanna Zanfagna, founders of the Associazione Progetto Abbracci Onlus, which features a rotation of Michelin-starred chefs and great interpreters of Campanian cuisine for a fundraiser in support of children from the most disadvantaged neighborhoods of the Neapolitan area.
The proceeds from the dinner will indeed be entirely donated to the project “A Field for Life” with which the Zanfagna couple commits to recovering and setting up the playing field of the Resurrection Parish in the Scampia neighborhood. The project, born in 2023, has already involved other difficult areas of the city with the aim of giving back to the inhabitants of the neighborhoods recreational areas where young people can meet, play, and be together.
«Over these years, we have recovered the sports field of the Sanzio Ammaturo comprehensive institute in the Friendship District, secured the municipal field of Villa Capriccio in Capodimonte, and completed the works of the soccer field of the Parish Maria Immacolata Della Medaglia Miracolosa of the Traiano District. The construction site of the field of the Andrea Angiulli school in Piazza Mario Pagano in the Sanità District is underway» states Claudio Zanfagna. «Sports activities help teenagers channel aggressive instincts in a socially accepted manner, make them more responsible, capable of socializing and cooperating in harmony. It is for all these reasons that with the Progetto Abbracci we decided to recover those sports facilities that being present in problematic territories can represent a valid aid for families in the delicate task of raising children.»
The success of “An Angel Among the Stars” is attributable to the great champions of Campanian cuisine and the Michelin-starred chefs who this year again will find themselves cooking elbow to elbow as a large kitchen brigade. At the forefront is Carmela Abbate resident chef of the restaurant Zi Teresa with her cuisine made of passion and tradition, where local raw materials and fresh fish of the day prevail. Also taking turns at the stove will be Peppe Aversa of the restaurant il Buco di Sorrento, Danilo Di Vuolo of the restaurant Lo Scrajo of Vico Equense, Domenico Iavarone chef of the Grand Hotel La Favorita of Sorrento and Lino Scarallo of the restaurant Palazzo Petrucci of Naples. Along with them, there will also be the consulting chef Michele Deleo and the master of dough Enzo Piccirillo of La Masardona of Naples.
During the evening, Claudio and Giovanna Zanfagna will present the Progetto Abbracci Award for Social Commitment in favor of childhood to Paolo Siani a surgeon and specialist in Pediatrics, director of the Complex Operative Unit of Pediatrics of the Santobono Hospital in Naples.