Could it happen here?

It’s still truffle season in Europe and 60 Minutes have run a story (see below and it’s up on YouTube) that’s sensational enough for prime time but certainly well done and gives us an inside look into one of the biggest truffle dealers and exporters, the Italian Urbani company. It also talks about how the scarcity is leading to theft and a ‘truffle mafia’, and how even Urbani have issues with Chinese truffle adulterated batches from their suppliers.  The ‘Bruno’ featured is Chef Clément Bruno whose one-Michelin star restaurant is in Lorgues, a small village about one-hour drive from Nice (or quicker if you come in by helicopter obviously).

It seems that it’s always truffle season in China, or maybe it’s just those bags of frozen ones that travel around all year.