Italians are known for their incredible style, passion and joyful approach to life. La Dolce Vita celebrates the best Italy has to offer as a dazzling gourmet, design and lifestyle event at the Olympia Exhibition Centre in London. Featuring fabulous gourmet treats, designer fashions and homewares, high end holidays and luxury properties, 2009 was the fifth year of the event – and was bigger and better than ever before.

Highlights included the exclusively sourced producers market and ‘Il Gran Menu’ – cookery demonstrations from the world’s most famous Italian chefs including Giorgio Locatelli of Locanda Locatelli, Theo Randall of the InterContinental on Park Lane and Andy Needham of the Michelin-starred Zafferano.