Another milestone for the Savina Artisan Centre

The British Heritage Food Hall, within the Savina Artisan Centre in Xewkija Gozo, was officially inaugurated by Her Excellency British High Commissioner Katherine Ward LVO OBE.

Her Excellency was greeted by John Magro, chairman of Magro Brothers, as well as his children Joanna Mercieca Magro, manager of Savina Creations Ltd and Christian and Nicholas Magro.

The current range includes a wide selection of keepsake tea caddies, English confectionery and sweets in beautiful presentation boxes and an award-winning range of condiments, relishes and pairing sauces for the pantry. This dedicated food hall is an extension to an exceptional selection of regional Italian delicacies, Piaceri Italiani and of course… the flagship products, produced locally, under the Savina brand.

H.E. Katherine Ward was given a tour around the Savina centre where she witnessed a number of Maltese products in the making. During the visit, John Magro reminisced of his ancestral family ties with the British since the early 1900s, when kunserva was first produced in tubes specifically for the British Naval forces… a feather in the cap for the first Magro brothers! Magro also mentioned his family’s close connection with H.R.H. Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, who had inaugurated the Savina Artisan

Centre in 2005 and was annually presented with Savina delicacies as a pledge, until his passing.

Her Excellency was highly impressed with the showcase of the Maltese and British range of products and highly complemented the resourcefulness and initiative taken to broaden Savina’s horizons to include such an exquisite range of British food fare. She also thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and infusion of Maltese food enhanced with British products, especially the crostini spread with sticky fig relish, sweet pepper relish and green tomato chutney, topped with grilled Maltese gobon tan-nar, from Savina’s cheeseboard.