Johann Reisinger, Master of Green Austrian Cuisine, Comes to Pollenzo

Johann Reisinger, from the green and rural Austrian region of Styria, will be the Academic Tables guest chef from April 4 to 8.  His story is unusual: after winning recognition and prestige as a chef, in the 1990s he returned to studying, moving closer to nature and the fruits of the land. Now he practices … …read more

Paolo Lopriore, a Revolutionary Chef in the Kitchen and the Dining Room…

Chef Paolo Lopriore, born in 1973 in Como, will be bringing his impressive experience to the Academic Tables next week. One of Gualtiero Marchesi’s favorite protégés, he worked at the renowned French restaurants Ledoyen and Troigros before winning his own Michelin star at Il Canto at Certosa di Maggiano in Siena. An anticonformist, faithful to … …read more

The Women of Puglia’s Lilith Restaurant Cooking at the Academic Tables

The women of the Tramis family, who run the restaurant Lilith at Masseria Copertini in Vernole, in the Puglian province of Lecce, will be the guest chefs at the Academic Tables this week. For 13 years, grandmother Carmela and her daughter Miriana have been serving the dishes of Salento tradition at this family-run restaurant, a … …read more

Pierpaolo Livorno Cooks on Home Ground at the Academic Tables

A close neighbor will be welcomed to the Academic Tables this week: Pierpaolo Livorno, the chef at the Albergo dell’Agenzia restaurant in Pollenzo. A Piedmontese native, originally from Moretta, Pierpaolo trained at the Pinerolo hospitality school and gained experience at various tourism destinations before finding his way in 2002 to the renowned Guido in Costigliole, … …read more

Chef Maurizio Quaranta is the weekly guest of the UNISG Academic Tables

The Academic Tables will have a Piedmontese flavor this week thanks to Maurizio Quaranta, the chef at the esteemed restaurant La Speranza, in the southern part of the Langhe, close to Mondovì. Maurizio is originally from the Grana Valley, which is also home to one of the world’s best cheeses, Castelmagno. A highly experienced chef, … …read more

Chef Alfio Ghezzi at Pollenzo’s Academic Tables

The 2016 program of guests at Pollenzo’s Academic Tables will start with a bang, with Chef Alfio Ghezzi from Trentino. Ghezzi is the much-lauded chef at the Lunelli family’s Michelin-starred Locanda Margon in Trento. His many years of experience include stints at some of Italy’s best kitchens, and he can count Gualtiero Marchesi and Andrea Berton … …read more

Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2016

Dear UNISG Alumni, as you might already know, our international network, together with the global Terra Madre movement, is getting ready for the next edition of “Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto”, Turin 2016. The event will be particularly “fresh” this year : as the Salone will be celebrating its 20th anniversary we want to … …read more