Today, Thursday February 9, saw the presentation of the calendar of guest chefs for the Academic Tables in 2017 at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo.
Eugenio Signoroni, the editor of Slow Food’s Osterie d’Italia guide, announced the 25 new names along with Carlo Petrini, the university’s president, and guest chef Ivan Milani.
This is the fifth year for the unique university cafeteria project, designed to offer delicious, healthy food, representative of culinary cultures from around Italy and the world, at a fair price and with an educational component. Additionally, the presence of these internationally renowned chefs is an enriching experience for the students, who have the chance to meet them, get to know them and interact with them.
This year will see 17 chefs coming from across Italy, including some who will bring the cuisine of their home countries (like the Ling family, originally from China and now based in Turin), and 9 chefs from abroad (including one Italian, the talented young Christian Puglisi, who works in Copenhagen), who will be representing France, Spain, Denmark, Scotland, Lebanon, Russia, the Philippines and Peru.
Once again, the number of Michelin-star holders is high, including one Italian with three stars, three with two stars and two with one star. Among the international chefs are one with two stars and one with one star. And five of the Italians cook at restaurants that have been awarded the Slow Food Osteria snail.
UNISG also welcomes to the resident kitchen team Davide Testa, a highly experienced chef with a solid background in traditional Piedmontese gastronomy.
Here are the Academic Tables 2017 chefs:
from Italy…
Massimiliano Alajmo, Le Calandre – Rubano (Pd) – three stars ***
Valerio Angelino Catella, freelance chef, Valle d’Aosta
Caterina Ceraudo, Agriturismo Dattilo – Strongoli (Kr) – one star *
Circella Family, Trattoria La Brinca – Ne (Ge) – Slow Food snail
Arcangelo Dandini, L’Arcangelo restaurant- Rome
Alessandro, Tiziano and Massimo Della Ferrera, La Coccinella trattoria – Serravalle Langhe (Cn) – Slow Food snail
Giuseppe Giordano, Locanda dell’Arco – Cissone (Cn) – Slow Food snail
Anna Guadagnin, Locanda Solagna, Quero-Vas (Bl) – Slow Foodsnail
Ling Family, Zheng Yang restaurant – Turin
Max Masuelli, Trattoria Masuelli – Milan
Ivan Milani, Piano 35 restaurant – Turin
Alessandro Negrini and Fabio Pisani, Aimo e Nadia – Milan – two stars **
Norbert Niederkofler, Sant Hubertus – San Cassiano (BZ) – two stars **
Damiano Nigro, Villa d’Amelia restaurant – Benevello (Cn) – one star *
Pasquale Palamaro, Indaco restaurant – Ischia (Na) – one star *
Pavesi Brothers, Ostreria F.lli Pavesi – Podenzano (Pc) – Slow Food snail
Gian Piero Vivalda, Antica Corona Reale restaurant – Cervere (Cn) – two stars **
from abroad…
Barbara Abdeni Massaad, freelance chef, Beirut (Lebanon)
Alexandre Gauthier, La Grenouillère – Le Madelains-sous-Montreuil (France) – one star *
Jam Melchor, Villa Cafe, San Antonio Village, Makati (Philippines)
Vladimir Mukhin, White Rabbit – Moscow (Russia)
Chloe Pindado, Rasoterra – Barcelona (Spain)
Christian Puglisi, Relae – Copenhagen (Denmark) – two stars **
Ben Reade, Edinburgh Food Studio – Edinburgh (Scotland)
Pedro Miguel Schiaffino, Malabar – Lima (Peru)
