31-01-2015
Federico Zanasi, born 1975, from Castelfranco Emilia, was for a few years the chef at Moreno Cedroni’s Clandestino. He started to collaborate with Hotel Principe delle Nevi in Cervinia, as kitchen manager, three years ago, to get closer to his fiancée in Torino. Also for personal reasons, he recently had a child, he chose to end his professional collaboration with Cedroni
After a day spent skiing, arriving at Hotel Principe delle Nevi in Cervinia works better than a massage or a sauna. The elegant laid-back atmosphere of this new hotel allows you to immediately feel at ease, once you take off the boots and wear clothes that are more suitable for a dinner. Because one of the most interesting elements in this hotel, opened a few years ago by Italian-Scottish James McNeil together with his Norwegian partner Kristin Gynnild and Israeli entrepreneur Sefi Vigiser, is the restaurant. Guiding the restaurant of the Principe delle Nevi hotel, there’s Federico Zanasi, who grew up with Moreno Cedroni and was for a long time the chef at Clandestino. His story has little to do with the mountains: he was born in 1975 in Castelfranco Emilia – the home to tortellini – and his early experience was clearly accomplished in local restaurants. After some experience abroad, in the US and in Spain in particular, in a starred restaurant in Mallorca (which no longer exists) and at Espai Sucre in Barcelona, at thirty Zanasi arrived at Cedroni’s court.
The special Onion soup
Ravioli del plin with oxtail and butter aromatised with smoked eel
Goat glazed with fermented milk, spicy blueberries and rapini
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Journalist, based in Milan. At 8 years old, he received a Springsteen record as a gift, and nothing was the same since. Music and food are his passions. Author and broadcaster at Radio Popolare since 1997, since 2014 he became part of the staff of Identità Golose Instagram: @NiccoloVecchia