Andrea Matranga’s dreaming in Japan
Italian gastronomy is well known in the world. But story of chef Andrea Mantranga is something special. Born in Sicily in 1968, he is known for his deep approach to the cuisine where nothing happens just casually. He loves to explore new ingredients and techniques and creates with his poetical nature masterpieces which are like … Read more
Interview with chef Davide Botta, restaurant L’Artigliere, Isola della Scala (Verona)
Great Italian chef and a humble and very heartfelt person, Davide Botta, has moved from Brescia, where he has created his restaurant L’Artigliere (and won with it a Michelin star) to a new location, Isola della Scala (Verona). Name stays the same, just location is new. Davide says he is living his dream. In this … Read more
Interview: Pier Bussetti, Castello di Govone, Govone (Piemonte, Italia)
Pier Bussetti, young chef from Piemonte, who has this year gained his first Michelin star is an artist in the best sense of the world. His plates are artworks which express the deepest harmony between the taste and form. Great creativity, research, innovation and sensibility have put Pier Bussetti not only between the best italian … Read more
Interview: Corrado Fasolato, Met (Venice, Italy)
Corrado Fasolato was learning from the legends worldwide. This, his sensibility and strong creativity (he invented some new techniques which are patented) has raised him into a legend also himself. Already young he gained two Michelin stars and is till this moment still the only chef in Venice to have two of them. He invites … Read more
Interview: Nino Di Costanzo, Il Mosaico, Terme Manzi (Ischia, Italy)
Nino di Costanzo, young but very successful chef with two Michelin stars creates his plates like canvas on which he conjures compositions of colours, forms and tastes. His art works seem inspired by Mondrian, Kandinsky and other abstract painters just that they are eatable – and more - as same as they are pleasant for … Read more
Interview: Alessandro Gavagna, La Subida, Cormons (Italy)
La Subida (Photo: Marijan Močivnik – Studio Ajd http://www.studio-ajd.si/) Alessandro Gavagna is chef at the family restaurant & estate La Subida in Cormons in the North-East of Italy, close to the Slovenian border. He has married into the legendary Sirk family (he is married with Joško Sirk’s daughter Tanja) and is following the Sirk family … Read more
Interview: Pino Lavarra, Palazzo Sasso, Ravello (Amalfi coast), Italy
Update, 12th March 2013: Pino Lavarra has moved to Hong Kong to restaurat Tosca in Ritz Carlton: http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/HongKong/Dining/tosca/Default.htm The following is article from March 2011: Born in Putignano, a very important village in Puglia, famous for it’s carnival, which is one of the oldest in Italy, Pino Lavarra is one of the most important chef … Read more
Interview: Ernesto Iaccarino, Don Alfonso, Sant’Agata dei due Golfi, Italy
Ernesto Iaccarino is beside his father, the legendary Alfonso Iaccarino, the creator of the plates in the well known restaurant Don Alfonso (two Michelin stars) which is known not only for the creativity in the cuisine but also for the best quality of ingredients, which they mostly produce themselves. Anyone who ever tried their products … Read more
Interview: Matej Tomažič, Majerija, Slap (Vipava), Slovenia
Matej is very talented chef who could easily create with his knowledge and creativity a haute cuisine restaurant, but has decided to dedicate his work to tradition and so was, with strong support of his wife Nataša, born Majerija. A paradise in the heart of Vipava valley for everybody who wants to discover the true tastes … Read more
Jeffrey J. Vella, Zinfandel’s Restaurant, Zagreb, Croatia
Jeffrey J. Vella during the interview for the NY Times Born in Malta, he already from the early ages took the direction of the hotel chef. With experiences in important hotel chains in Malta, Italy, UAE, Jordan, Slovenia and Croatia and by enriching his techniques and creativity at Jean Cristophe Novelli, Heston Blumenthal, Alain Ducasse etc. … Read more
