Pila Vecia

Ferron's story is a story of 'drivers', not of motoring drivers. The Pilots were responsible for the batteries used to transform paddy rice into pearl rice to be put on the market. It is said that the first of the family was Gabriele's great-grandfather, Luigi Zecchetto, who oversaw numerous batteries in the Isola della Scala area in the province of Verona. One of his daughters married Marcello Ferron who continued his father-in-law's business and then passed on his passion and knowledge to his son Lionello and to his grandchildren Gabriele and Maurizio, the current managers of the rice mill. #39 Since he was 14 years old, Gabriele has had a strong passion for cooking and began working for numerous restaurants in the city of Verona. Later it became part of &' family business specializing in rice-based dishes. Gabriele is l&' the only chef in history who cooked risotto on the Chinese wall in 1997. Since 1991 he has been Knight of Labor of the Republic. It stands out for being the biggest promoter of Vialone Nano Veronese rice in the world. He cooked for Casa Italia during the Olympics in Beijing. In 2004, Gabriele was recognized as the' certificate of Ambassador of rice in the world. Today he remains a tireless rice globetrotter with a great will to live and smile at