Today, when chefs can be as famous as movie stars and their creations in the kitchen as admired as original works of art, there are few who rival the success and celebrity of Massimo Bottura. His restaurant, Osteria Francescana, has three Michelin stars and ranks number one on this year's list of "The World's 50 Best Restaurants." It's located in N...

Most cooking demonstrations start with an ingredient show-and-tell. Massimo Bottura, in Singapore on Saturday by invitation of American Express, starts his by showing Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, a triptych depicting contemporary artist Ai Wei Wei shattering a 2,000 year-old artefact. “You have to break tradition to rebuild it for the future,” says...

Italy's Osteria Francescana was crowned the world's best restaurant for the second time on Tuesday, June 19 at an awards ceremony put on by British trade magazine Restaurant, beating out top eateries in Spain and France. Run by chef Massimo Bottura, the restaurant in Modena, Italy pipped last year's winner, New York's "Eleven Madison Park," in the...

“It’s like ‘Game of Thrones, no?” jokes Massimo Bottura of his wolf motif T-shirt. The animalia was courtesy of Gucci, which is run by his old grade school chum Marco Bizzarri. The two, along with Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele, have collaborated on a range of projects, the latest of which is the Osteria at Gucci Garden in Florence, ope...

Ottima accoglienza, da parte di stampa e tour operator americani, per il doppio appuntamento dedicato alle “vacanze per turisti foodies” in Emilia Romagna -promosso dagli Assessorati Regionali al Turismo e all’Agricoltura, Apt Servizi Emilia Romagna (con le Destinazioni Turistiche “Romagna”, “Bologna Metropolitana” ed “Emilia”) e in collaborazione...

Dall'Osteria Francescana sta girando il mondo, per diffondere la filosofia anti spreco alimentare. E il 13 febbraio è stato ospite d'onore di una delle trasmissioni televisive più celebri degli Stati Uniti,  il talk show creato e condotto dal 2003 dal presentatore, attore e comico Jimmy Kimmel. In questa puntata Bottura in particolare è stato invit...

Known for his creative approach to food and exceptional dishes at Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, chef Massimo Bottura has blazed a trail in the food world by pushing the industry's boundaries again and again. His latest project, a dinner inspired by immigrants at Ellis Island, is raising funds for God's Love We Deliver, with help from his sp...

Le strade della solidarietà sono praticamente infinite, ma c’è comunque chi, fortunatamente, cerca di percorrerne il più possibile: Massimo Bottura, chef di punta dell’alta ristorazione tricolore che, al di là delle celebrazioni, mette spesso e volentieri la sua arte al servizio di chi ne ha più bisogno. Lo ha fatto con il progetto del Refettorio A...

Food waste is a huge problem globally — starting with our own refrigerators. Over this Thanksgiving week, Americans will throw out almost 200 million pounds of turkey alone, according to figures from the Natural Resources Defense Council. But before you toss that bird, read on. We asked Massimo Bottura, one of the world's best chefs, to help us fig...

Massimo Bottura is coming to America — but not to open a restaurant. Eater reported last yearthat the chef behind Osteria Francescana, the Modena, Italy restaurant that topped the World’s 50 Best List in 2016, was planning to open one of his food waste-fighting soup kitchens, called Refettorios, in the Bronx with support from New York’s Italian con...