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Last year's Ceredigion breakfast was a great success - so why not join one of the breakfasts this year?[/caption]
Start your day the Welsh Italian way at the end of January and join the Ceredigion team of the Farmers’ Union of Wales for breakfast.
Two breakfast have been organised as part of the FUW’s Farmhouse breakfast week campaign (January 21 – January 28), which aims to raise the profile of Welsh produce and get politicians, key stakeholders and the general public to really understand the important role the food and drink sector plays in their everyday lives.
The first breakfast is being held on Thursday, January 26, at Neuadd Goffa Felinfach, Lampeter and starts at 8.30am.
A further breakfast starting at 8.30am is held on Friday, January 27, at La Calabria, Rhydgoch, Ffostrasol, Llandysul, where a passion for good food and a love of the Welsh countryside and its people are the driving force behind the Italian family-run restaurant.
Gino Vasami, who farms 110 acres at Rhydgoch farm, Ffostrasol, converted the old milking parlour and set up the La Calabria restaurant for his son Tony in November 2003.
Gino’s father Antonio was captured by the British in the siege of Tobruk, North Africa, and brought to prisoner-of-war camp near Ffostrasol at Henllan. While in captivity Antonio worked on farms in Ceredigion, falling in love with the land and its people.
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I am excited about the 2 farmhouse breakfasts we are hosting at the end of January and we want you to be a part of what we do[/caption]
On his release he went back to Italy for one year but returned to Ceredigion with his family to farm in 1946. Antonio purchased Hill View farm and started off with just 18 acres and four milking cows. Over the generations the family has gone from strength to strength and expanded the family business to three holdings.
Tony and Gino farm in partnership with Tony Hack and his wife Arlene, of nearby Glasfryn farm and, using their own milk, the family also produce ice cream following an old Italian family recipe for the restaurant.
Mared Rand Jones, the County Executive Officer for Ceredigion, who is organising the breakfast functions, said: “I am excited about the 2 farmhouse breakfasts we are hosting at the end of January and we want you to be a part of what we do.
“I would love you to join us for breakfast; to share not just great food but also your thoughts and worries about the state of the industry, tell us your stories and help us to understand how we can help each other. And there is no better time and place to do all that than over a cuppa with some great food - which is a guarantee at the Felinfach and La Calabria breakfasts.
“So, if that’s something we can tempt you with why not give us a call in the office on 01570 424515 to book your seat at our breakfast table?”