Massimo Bottura is one of Italy's most celebrated chefs. He is the owner of Modena-based three Michelin star restaurant, Osteria Francescana, and he is always in the news when it is time to discuss Italian traditional and innovative cuisine.

This year, he has been chosen as the 2016 European Chef of the Year. The award was presented during Madrid Fusión, an annual gastronomy summit attracting over 500 chefs from around the world. In that occasion, Bottura was praised not only for his undoubtable culinary attitudes, but also for helping the Caritas charity to set up an experimental soup kitchen, Refettorio Ambrosiano, in Milan that uses food that would have otherwise been thrown away to feed those in need.

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Fonte: This is Italy