Carlo Petrini founded the ArciGola Gastronomic Association in Italy in 1986 and launched Slow Food, an international anti-fast-food movement, in Paris three years later. He has become an ambassador for rethinking food, and the movement has grown to have roots in over 150 countries.
Slow Food Story
In 1986, Carlo Petrini founded the ArciGola Gastronomic Association in Italy, and three years later, he launched the international movement Slow Food in Paris as a reaction to the growing popularity of fast food.