Monday 27 March 2023: the 16th edition of the Guida ai Ristoranti d’Italia, Europa e del mondo di Identità Golose , the eighth entirely online, free and available to all.
At the time of writing, there are 1,196 restaurants reviewed, more than any other edition. The balance between new entries and restaurants no longer included is a hundred more than a year ago, but there are far more, 244 establishments that were not in the guide last year.
Of this year’s 1,196 establishments, 968 are Italian and 228 from 42 countries in Europe and elsewhere, from Austria to South Africa, from Norway to Colombia. There are 105 pizzerias, i.e. almost one in 10 in the overall total, a percentage that once again proves the vitality of the phenomenon.
Cocktail bars, last year's novelty, are now 35. This year’s absolute novelty is the ice cream parlours, all curated by Silvia Cittadini: we start with 12 reviews from 3 countries (including France and England). The ‘new ice cream’ phenomenon is growing too fast not to start accounting for it.
On the other hand, there are 512 establishments run by chefs under the age of 30 or 40, just under half of the total number of reviews, a result we value highly.
On Monday morning, at Teatro Manzoni in Milan, we awarded 22 prizes to the Young Stars 2023, 'young' because, as per tradition, they are all under 40. Here are the details of all the awardees:
Jessica Rosval, Davide Caranchini and Christian Marasca, 3 of the young stars honoured on Monday morning
of
Casa Maria Luigia, Modena (
best chef, read the motivation)
awarded by
Acqua Panna - S.Pellegrino
Davide Caranchini, Materia, Como (
best chef)
awarded by
Pasqua
Christian Marasca, Zia, Rome (
best pastry chef)
awarded by
Valrhona
Guido Paternollo,
Pellico 3 at the Park Hyatt, Milan (
surprise of the year)
awarded by
MartinoRossi
Dino Como,
Reale Casadonna, Castel di Sangro (L'Aquila) (
best sous chef)
awarded by
Divine Creations
Jessica Rocchi, Andrea Aprea, Milan (
best sommelier)
awarded by
Berlucchi
Paolo Porfidio,
Excelsior Gallia Terrace, Milan (
best sommelier)
awarded by
Castello di Albola
Serena De Vita,
Aria, Naples (
best maitre)
awarded by
Kettmeir
Il Clandestino, Portonovo (Ancona) (
Service and Hospitality)
awarded by
The Fork
Peppe,
Rossella and
Francesco Guida,
Antica Osteria Nonna Rosa, Vico Equense (Naples) (
Young family)
awarded by
Olitalia
Rafael Tonon, (
Eater,
UOL,
Público) (
Best food writer)
awarded by
Caraiba
Azotea, Turin (
Contaminazioni)
awarded by
Debic
Michele Lazzarini Contrada Bricconi, Oltressenda Alta (Bergamo) (
Identità di Pasta)
awarded by
Monograno Felicetti
Roberto Davanzo,
Bob Alchimia a Spicchi, Montepaone Lido (Catanzaro) (
Impresa Pizza)
awarded by
Latteria Sorrentina
Roberta Esposito,
La Contrada, Aversa (Caserta), (
Best pizza chef)
awarded by
Molino Vigevano
Imàgo of the Hassler Imàgo Hotel, Rome (
Chef's Table - Best pairing Food & Wine)
Authentica - Pepe in Grani, Caiazzo (Caserta) (
Chef's Table - Vanguard)
Iyo Omakase, Milan (
Chef's Table - Most intimate and engaging experience)
awarded by
Ceretto
Juan Camilo Quintero,
Poggio Rosso del Borgo San Felice, Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena) (
Contaminazioni)
awarded by
Latteria Sorrentina
Valerio Serino,
Tèrra, Copenhagen (
Identità di Riso )
awarded by
Riso Buono
Enrico Scarzella,
Velluto, Bologna (
Best barman)
awarded by
P&B Line
Chiara Polini, Amo, Venice (
Best barwoman)
awarded by
Bonaventura Maschio
The authors of this year's Storie di Gola: journalists, food writers, chefs and waiters
As always, in addition to the reviews, there are the
Storie di Gola, this year signed by journalists, food writers, chefs and waiters. These are the 10 stories of 2023:
Secret Milan, 10 places you won't find in any guide, by the
editors of Identità Golose
The Venice of the Venetians: 30 places by
Chiara Pavan and Francesco Brutto
Shopping in the Tuscolano neighbourhood and then a trip to the sea: unusual Rome by
Pina Sozio
Barcelona is not what it used to be (and that's not a bad thing) by
Belén Parra
Butter, fish sandwich and bloody mary: secret Copenhagen by
Erica Parrino
Paris, seven certainties that resist trends by
Olivier Reneau
London non-fine-dining in 27 tips by
Filippo L'Astorina
Nibbling at all hours: the Buenos Aires boom by
Sorrel Moseley-Williams
São Paulo Adrenalin, a rush of goodness by
Gabriele Zanatta
A final mention goes to the total number of recommendations in the 2023 Guide which is well over
1,196 places because almost in every review chefs recommend their 'place of the heart', doubling the recommendations. If we add to this the 200 or so indications of the 'storie di gola' mentioned above, we are well over 2,000 recommendations.
We have tried to make this portrait as faithful as ever thanks to the work of 96 authors who write for us from Italy and abroad. To all of them our thanks. This year we welcome the debut of Anastasia Avramenko, Valentina Bianchi, Angelo Carrillo, Stefano Cavallito and Alessandro Lamacchia, Alessandra Chioetto, Silvia Cittadini, Marco Di Gregorio, Agnese Fioretti, Laura Lapidari, Erica Parrino and Leonardo Samarelli.
Finally, thank you to Cinzia Benzi, Elia Bogani, Gaia Boretti, Annalisa Cavaleri, Laura Lapidari, Federica Lisi, Filippo Sacchi, and Matilda Toschi for all the invisible work done for so many months behind the scenes. Happy hunting.
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Translated into English by Slawka G. Scarso
