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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...

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For chefs, worldwide renown often leads to lucrative expansion deals: Restaurants in tourism capitals like Tokyo, Hong Kong, Vegas, and Dubai are almost a given. That’s one reason why it’s so surprising that Massimo Bottura, the chef at Modena’s Osteria Francescana — one of the most critically acclaimed restaurants in Italy, and the world — has exp...

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“It is all about the emotions,” begins Massimo Bottura, waving his arms about passionately. “You don’t come to Osteria to have a big plate of lasagna; you come there to experience something bigger,” says the maverick chef. He is referring, of course, to his famous three-Michelin star restaurant Osteria Francescana ranked first on the 2016 World's 5...

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By Fernanda Roggero Dopo l'Oscar alla Grande Bellezza, arriva il Nobel a Massimo Bottura. Giornata perfetta per la creatività italiana. Mentre a Hollywood si continua a festeggiare la statuetta per il film di Paolo Sorrentino, a Stoccolma è appena sceso dal palco lo chef modenese, che ha ricevuto il White guide global gastronomy award, il Nobel de...

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Massimo Bottura, whose Italian restaurant was dubbed the best in the world earlier this year, is teaming up with actor Robert De Niro to open a new eatery in an unexpected locale: The Bronx.   At least, that's what a report by Eater would have you believe—and a post on the chef's Instagram feed (above) seems to confirm it: "Planning the new...

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American chefs and their Italian counterparts are teaming up once again for the fourth annual Identita New York, a three day series of cooking demonstrations and fancy dinners taking place in early October at Eataly.   Mario Batali, Daniel Boulud and Sara Jenkins are a few of the chefs representing the States with Massimo Bottura, Mauro Ulia...

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Massimo Bottura, head chef of the legendary Osteria Francescana restaurant, ranked #3 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list, will embark on a 6-city book tour across America from October 7-16 to promote his first major cookbook: NEVER TRUST A SKINNY ITALIAN CHEF (Phaidon, $59.95, Hardback, Pub Date: October 6).   Tucked away on a quiet cob...

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Massimo Bottura, the man behind Osteria Francescana—the world's best restaurant, according to last month's announcement of the San Pellegrino 2016 World's 50 Best Restaurants list—plans to bring is considerable culinary clout to New York next year—specifically, the Bronx.   Bottura's not only renowned for his Modena, Italy, restaurant, but a...

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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...

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Massimo Bottura, the award-winning chef behind the famed Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, believes that cooking is about more than just putting quality ingredients together ― "cooking is a call to act," he says.   During Milan's Universal Exposition, or Expo 2015, Bottura created an off-site project to reduce food waste. In collaboratio...

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