The temporary use of the kitchens of Benevento's state music conservatory for the municipal school catering service has become a parliamentary matter. Lega deputy Gianpiero Zinzi has tabled a parliamentary question to the Ministers of University and Research, Education and Merit, and Health, asking for checks on the arrangement.
At the centre of the initiative is the provisional use of the kitchens of the Conservatorio statale di musica "Nicola Sala" in Benevento by the company contracted to run the city's school catering service. The sources identify the contractor with the spelling "Autenthica", also reported as "Authentica"; its formal legal name has not been verified in a corporate or administrative act.
What Zinzi is asking
According to the report published by NTR24 on 19 October 2026, Zinzi's question concerns the lawfulness and regularity of the temporary kitchen arrangement.
In particular, he asks for verification of the authorising acts, the nature of the agreement, the economic terms, and the relevant health and administrative requirements. The available sources report these requests for verification, but do not document the outcome of any ministerial, health or administrative checks.
The full text of the parliamentary question and its official filing number have not been made available in the sources consulted.
The background: service start on 14 October
The Municipality of Benevento had announced that the school catering service would start on Wednesday, 14 October 2026. According to the municipal notice, the Conservatorio Nicola Sala would temporarily make available to the contractor its kitchens in via dei Mulini, allowing the service to begin on that date.
An earlier NTR24 report, dated 12 October 2026, places that temporary availability after a postponement of the start of school meals. The same report refers to a tender for 1,000 meals per day, with a 20% variation up to 1,200 meals.
The tender had been awarded in August 2025. The sources do not establish how long the temporary use of the conservatory kitchens is expected to last or when the agreement is due to end.
Why the temporary solution matters for readers
For parents, the key practical point is continuity: the municipal communication presents the conservatory kitchens as the solution that made it possible to start the service on 14 October. The arrangement is described by the Municipality as provisional, but no end date has been verified in the sources.
For those following the tender, the figures give a sense of scale: the contract was framed around 1,000 daily meals, expandable by 20% to 1,200. That volume helps explain why an immediately available kitchen was needed once the start date had been postponed.
What to watch next
Three points remain open and will determine how the case develops.
First, the authorising framework: what acts permitted a state conservatory's kitchens in via dei Mulini to be used temporarily by the municipal catering contractor, and what form that agreement took.
Second, the economic terms: whether any payment, reimbursement or other condition was attached to the temporary use.
Third, the health and administrative requirements connected to food preparation for schools. No finding or inspection result has been reported so far.
Until ministerial responses or further municipal or conservatory acts are published, those questions remain requests for verification rather than established findings.
