The grand stared chefs will animate, with a calendar of events at each of their restaurants, quality gastronomic moments (the programme is currently being prepared). In each gathering a stared, high rated chef from another Italian region will be the restaurant’s guest, to fulfil a fascinating “four-hands” on event.The final programme with all the individual details, along with the necessary information on how to participate will be published from the 15th March on the http://www.vinumalba.it/ web site!
Please find listed below the restaurants and chefs that will be participating:
RISTORANTE ALL’ENOTECARESTAURANT INFORMATION
Chef: Davide Palluda
Address: Via Roma 57
Tel: 0173.95857
Postcode: 12043City: Canale (CN)
Web site: http://www.davidepalluda.it/
E-mail: info@davidepalluda.it
Davide Palluda’s cuisine, is a perfect example of how a land and innovation may coexist, giving life to a series of intriguing and immediate dishes. His gastronomic culture is a result of studies and working experiences between the Langa and Liguria regions, constantly updated and strengthened, through research and in-depth studies of classics of the local traditions, along with the continuous confrontations with the most rigorous interpreters of the Albese cuisine, and also through experiences at the most innovative Italian and foreign restaurants. The solid cultural preparation is translated into a personal cuisine with clear intentions, capable of talking about the lands, without this being imprisoned in the rhetoric of traditions. In 1998 he contributed with some recipes for the publishing of the book 'Roero among colours and flavours'. In the year 2000 he was conferred with the “Michelin star' and voted the best 'young chef of the year' by the Guida Espresso. In 2001 he confirmed the “Michelin star' and, with the collaboration of the journalist Luigi Sugliano and the painter Eugenio Comencini, published 'At the Enoteca del Roero. A window over the wine hills' - .
RISTORANTE CONTI ROERO RESTAURANT INFORMATION
Chef: Fulvio Siccardi
Address: P.za San Ponzio 3
Tel: 0173.64155
Postcode: 12066
City: Monticello d’Alba (CN)
Web site: http://www.contiroero.com/
E-mail: info@contiroero.com
Fulvio Siccardi, together with his wife Lucia Carrelli, have been managing the Conti Roero Restaurant since the 13th August 2004, situated right at the feet of Monticello’s castle, property of the Roero Counts since 1372. Fulvio Siccardi’s cuisine is concentrated especially on the genuine local products, without renouncing to the use of other ingredients from countries across the world, to be able to offer a traditional but at the same time a creative touch, without forgetting the wine and gastronomy heritage of his region. Even since it opened, the restaurant has received different reviews, amongst which one in the Gambero Rosso restaurant guide, another in the critical and greedy guide by Paolo Massobrio; an article regarding wines from Bargiornale, and a review by Edoardo Raspelli in Tuttolibri printed by La Stampa. In 2006 other than being inserted in the Espresso guide with a vote of 15/20, the Michelin star arrived, which gratifies any restaurant owner for the hard work carried out. For 2008 a little let down came from the Espresso guide; from 15/20 to 14/20, whereas the confirmation in the Gambero rosso guide with 82/100 (50 for the Cuisine), beam in Massobrio’s guide, and the star by Veronelli.
RISTORANTE GUIDO RESTAURANT INFORMATION
Chef: Ugo Alciati
Address:Via Fossano 19
Tel: 0172.458422
postcode: 12060
City: Pollenzo (CN)
Web site: http://www.guidoristorante.it/
E-mail: info@guidoristorante.it
Guido was born from the union of two precious Piedmontese gastronomic realities: Guido from Costigliole and La Noce from Volpiano. The restaurant’s housed inside an agency in Pollenzo, a hamlet restored by Carlo Alberto in the 1800s, today heritage of the UNESCO. It’s very elegant, with perfectly laid spacious tables, and offers a marvellous view over the courtyard. With the restaurant, Guido, Ugo Alciati has contributed for many people all over the world to learn about the Piedmontese wine and gastronomic traditions. It specializes mainly in confectionery, a sector in which there’s more freedom to experiment, but also in the preparatory techniques of traditional dishes. In 2003, his restaurant was conferred with the first Michelin star. He offers a typical Piedmontese cuisine, prepared with innovative touches, linked with the local traditions and fruits from the land, capable of re-creating through happy and unusual combinations, flavours from the past using creativity and imagination.
RISTORANTE LA CIAU DEL TORNAVENTO RESTAURANT INFORMATION
Chef: Maurilio Garol
Address: Piazza Baracco 7
Tel: 0173.638333
Postcode: 12050
City: Treiso (CN)
Web site: http://www.laciaudeltornavento.it/
E-mail: info@laciaudeltornavento.it
Located in the village’s old primary school, a nice building from the Fascist period, in spite of its size, it offers a warm, elegant, intimate and refined setting. It’s managed by Maurilio Garol, with a cuisine that’s concentrated on products capable of exalting on your throat the grand Piedmontese delights. A harmony wisely respected with imaginative jests: vegetables cooked with bagna cauda (delicious sauce made with oil, garlic and anchovies), peppers ice-cream, delicious baccalà (cod fish) whisked with oil from Lago di Garda, vitello tonnato (veal with a tuna fish sauce), carne cruda di fassone Piemontese (raw meat from Piedmontese bovine) , zuppa di trippa (tripe soup), agnolotti al plin (hand-made pasta with a meat filling) with ricotta made with peppers and cooked in hay, piccione alle tre cotture (pigeon cooked three ways), capretto arrosto (roast kid), crespelle (crepes) with ricotta cheese, semi-freddo with hazelnuts, are just a few of our specialities for you to enjoy… At the bottom of the menu is the list of our suppliers, a testimony of gourmet gratitude.
RISTORANTE LOCANDA DEL BORGO ANTICO RESTAURANT INFORMATION
Chef: Massimo Camia
Address: Via Boschetti 4
Tel: 0173.56355
Postocode: 12060
City: Barolo (CN)
Web site: http://www.locandanelborgo.it/
E-mail: locandanelborgo@libero.it; info@locandanelborgo.com
It’s called Locanda nel Borgo Antico (the Inn in the Ancient Hamlet) but it’s located in the middle of vineyards. However, in 2004, it moved to the historic centre in Barolo precisely in Boschetti locality, in the agricultural setting of the Zoccolaio farmhouse. Here, Massimo Camia an autodidact, has found the space needed to allow for further inspiration towards his Piemontese cuisine, revised with creativity and intelligence. Assisted by his wife Luciana in the dining area, he can rely on a team of high quality kitchen staff, on waiting staff lead by the brillant Riccardo Sgarra, whom also takes care of the wine-caller, and by Andrea Gallo who takes care of the service in the dining area. The restaurant is on two floors, with a modern panoramic veranda made from steel and glass, which overlooks the vineyards, propriety of the Zoccolaio, where it’s possible to enjoy an aperitif or an after dinner coffee. The Locanda’s cantina offers a selection of local vintage wines, and other national and foreign, boasting over 500 labels, with a selection exclusively dedicated to the grand Barolo. The delicate flavours and precious dishes unite with the intimate relationship that the team establishes with customers, which together make of this little relais a hidden corner of paradise, where returning may become a pleasant and delightful pleasure.
RISTORANTE PIAZZA DUOMO RESTAURANT INFORMATION
Chef: Enrico Crippa
Address: Piazza Risorgimento 4
Tel: 0173.366167
Postocode: 12051
City: Alba (CN)
Web site: http://www.piazzaduomoalba.it/
E-mail: info@piazzaduomoalba.it
With a carrier behind his shoulders that has permitted him to work with the best chefs in Europe, such as Christian Willer alla Palme d’Or from Cannes, Gislaine Arabian al Ledoyen from Paris, Antoine Westermann al Buerehiesel from Strasburg, Michel Bras at Laguiole, Ferran Adria and El Bulli from Roses, Enrico Crippa, with the Ceretto family, has been managing for the last few years the restaurant located in Piazza Duomo, in Alba’s historic centre. Mr. Crippa, is a perfectionist, a rigorous and extremely thoughtful chef, that has found in this pureness the ideal expressive key needed for his own bright imagination. In 1990, in Sologne, he received first prize in an Artistic Cuisine Competition, doubling again in 1992. In 1996 he arrived in Japa, where for three years worked as a chef first at Kobe, for Gualtiero Marchesi, then in Osaka, at the Rhiga Royal Hotel. Here he learnt about the authentic Japanese cuisine, not to confuse with the fashionable sushi-mania, that deeply fascinated him, most of all under a philosophic profile. He prepares a clear, well-balanced cuisine, deeply grounded upon delicacy, culture, intuition, technical skills and a rare analytical capacity. All of which gives life to harmonic, personal, light and tasty dishes, cooked with genuine ingredients, chosen in a maniacal way.
RISTORANTE VECCHIO TRE STELLE RESTAURANT INFORMATION
Chef: Flavio Scaiola
Address: Via Rio Sordo 13
Tel: 0173.638192
City: Barbaresco (CN)
Web site: http://www.vecchiotrestelle.it/
E-mail: albergo@vecchiotrestelle.it
Of Michelin stars, this restaurant has only seen one, and fairly old, it certainly is. Situated just on the outskirts of Barbaresco, on the road that leads to Treiso, since 1875 this solid extended building, in a nice strong yellow colour, has been an inn, trattoria and a change of horses for coaches. With a wonderful picturesque scenery of vineyards lying behind the large windows, since 1987 the brothers Scaiola have been working here. Flavio’s cuisine reveals to be more mature and convincing each year that passes, a chef completely in love with his job, just as he is with his restaurant. It’s just one of those places where you’ll also fall in love, and willingly return to, characterized by a gastronomic offer of well-balanced dishes from the Albese cuisine (among the specialities which stand out are the tabarin, made with 30 egg yolks and served with organic butter from the Cuneesi mountains). The cantina is looked after by Daniele, always complete, thanks to an attentive personal selection, that has deep roots with the local territory, but also selects with care wines from across the border.
RISTORANTE LOCANDA DEL PILONE RESTAURANT INFORMATION
Chef: Maurizio Quaranta
Address: Frazione Como 34
Tel: 0173.366616
Postcode: 12051
City: Alba (CN)
Website: http://www.locandadelpilone.com/
E-mail: info@locandadelpilone.com
In an elegant setting, furnished entirely with period style furniture, the Locanda has been completely refurbished, restoring the structural elements and furniture of a typical house from the Langhe. The restaurant’s rooms have been obtained in the most historic part of the farmhouse, whereas the vaulted ceilings are the original ones, in bricks. From the large windows there is a wonderful view over the hills with their perfect vineyards, that surround the Locanda. In the distance you can admire the charming hamlets of Treiso, Barbaresco and Diano d'Alba. The inn seats up to 30 people and has 2 dining rooms; it’s equipped with the most up-to-date kitchen equipment, that represents the best the market has to offer. Here, tranquillity and warm homely environment await you, and most of all you’ll feel like you’re floating like a vessel among this enchanting ambience. The cuisine is based on typical traditional Piedmontese specialities, prepared by the chef Maurizio Quaranta. Particular attention is paid to the wine list and the distillates, with a good selection of wines such as Barolo, grown in the vines which surround the Locanda.
