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Topics: TV and Film, Celebrity
Ella Scott
National Geographic has shared an intimate first look at season two of Tucci in Italy, featuring The Devil Wears Pradaactor journeying across new regions, including Sicily, Naples, and Sardinia.
In Italy, ‘food is never just food’, according to Stanley Tucci, whose ancestral roots trace back to the town of Marzi in the Calabria region in Southern Italy.
“It’s memory, identity and, sometimes, a full-blown argument,” the 65-year-old explained.
In the second outing of Tucci in Italy, the Academy Award-nominated star is set to explore how ‘the past continues to shape the present, one region and one extraordinary meal at a time’
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“I’m so pleased to share these captivating stories and these wonderful people with you,” he said of the series.
The follow-up show will see the father-of-seven return to the European country to visit five regions, including Le Marche, which he’s never featured before, according to National Geographic.
Watch the trailer below:
The lesser-known destination isn’t as much of a honeypot as Naples is - where Tucci will celebrate a once-forgotten vine grape - but still features some of the best off-the-beaten-track Italian delicacies.
Authentic dishes include moscioli (wild mussels), Vincisgrassi, which is a pasta dish similar to lasagna, and a variety of Italian salume known as Ciauscolo.
Outside of Le Marche, the American-Italian will stop off in Veneto to learn about the origins of tiramisu and the island of Sardinia to investigate Blue Zones and the relationship between food and longevity.
The SALT Productions and BBC Studios-produced programme will also see Tucci heading to Sicily to explore how history has shaped its cuisine.
“This season, we explore how the past continues to shape the present, one region and one extraordinary meal at a time,” the star explained.
“I’m so pleased to share these captivating stories and these wonderful people with you.”
Fans are incredibly excited for Tucci in Italy series two to land on Disney+ and Hulu on 12 May.
“Very few people show the soul of Italy like Tucci. The food, the people, and the conversations around the table... that's the reason why people fall in love with Italy. I can't wait for this season,” typed one X user.
“It's because of programs like that one that I have Disney,” replied someone else.
A third reported: “How can I get hungry at 6 am?”
“Loved his CNN original Searching for Italy and his first NatGeo season Tucci in Italy… così incredibile!,” commented another fan.
If you don’t fancy Tucci in Italy, there are other food-oriented docuseries available to watch via Disney+, including: We Feed People, Soul, and Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted.
All episodes of Tucci In Italy will stream from 12 May on Disney+, with the series also premiering the same day at 8pm on National Geographic UK.