Italy

Leon to launch in Italy

Leon to launch in Italy

By James McAllister

Leon will open its first outpost in Italy later this year in Rome as part of a partnership between SSP Group and Italian rail station operator Grandi Stationi.

Allegra Antinori on new London restaurant Cantinetta Antinori

Uncorked: Allegra Antinori

By Joe Lutrario

One of the three 26th generation sisters behind famed Italian winemaker Antinori on Portugal, Chateau Rayas and her family’s upcoming London restaurant Cantinetta Antinori.

Luca Dusi owner of Shoreditch Italian wine bar and restaurant Passione Vino

Uncorked: Luca Dusi

By Joe Lutrario

The Italian wine maestro behind Shoreditch’s Passione Vino on the importance of working with the right vignerons and his love of Italian cheeses paired with French whites.

Leti Narraci head of wine Eataly London

Uncorked: Leti Narraci

By Joe Lutrario

The Puglia-born head of wine at Eataly London courts controversy by declaring her love for New World wine and opting for Domaine de la Romanée-Conti for her last meal.

Hospitality Openings: April 2016

Hospitality Openings: April 2016

By Hannah Thompson

This month has been eventful for new openings, in line with the approaching days of spring, with its longer evenings and warmer nights. Highlights of April include the much-awaited Som Saa Thai kitchen in London’s Spitalfields, the expansive gin bar at...

Harrods launches Michelin-starred pop-up concept

Harrods launches Michelin-starred pop-up concept

By Melodie Michel

Luxury department store Harrods is launching a five-month pop-up event, hosting a different Italian Michelin-starred restaurant each month from September, and is looking at renewing the concept with British chefs in the future.

Guglielmo Arnulfo, 24, leaves behind a career as a lawyer and professional rugby player to open Acciuga next Monday (17 June)

Acciuga brings Ligurian cuisine to Kensington High Street

By Luke Nicholls

Former lawyer and professional rugby player Guglielmo Arnulfo is following his lifelong passion for cooking with the launch of his first Italian restaurant, Acciuga, on Kensington High Street next week.

Giorgio Locatelli interview

Giorgio Locatelli: Pearls of Wisdom

By Joe Lutrario

One of the UK’s most respected Italian chefs, Giorgio Locatelli is chef patron at Locanda Locatelli in London’s Mayfair and a second restaurant in Dubai. He has featured in three major TV series and has published two books with a third in the works.

Pearls of Wisdom: Davide Scabin

Pearls of Wisdom: Davide Scabin

By Stefan Chomka

The chef-proprietor of Combal Zero in Piemonte, northern Italy – a regular on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list – is a pioneer of conceptual cooking.

Italian chef congress Identità returns to UK

Italian chef congress Identità returns to UK

By Rachel Parkes

Italian gastronomy event Identità is returning to the UK for the third time next month, the show’s organisers have said, in an effort to “explain the fundamentals of today’s Italian cuisine”.

TV's Vito Cataffo to expand British restaurant concept in Italy

TV's Vito Cataffo to expand British restaurant concept in Italy

By Emma Eversham

Restaurateur Vito Cataffo, star of Channel 4 series Dolce Vito, says he wants to open more British restaurants in Italy and help others expand their restaurant concepts here and abroad following the success of his first - Passion - in Bologna

The Best of Italy

The Best of Italy

By Joe Lutrario

Restaurant magazine travels to Italy to find the restaurants, dishes and ingredients that make our vita a little more dolce