Over 30 Michelin stars will bring a signature menu to life on Sunday, September 21st, on the deck of the Albergo della Regina Isabella in Ischia. Internationally renowned culinary artists, pastry chefs, and mixology experts will convene for a charity dinner to support the projects of the Ischia Saperi e Sapori Cultural Association. This is the highlight of the ISCHIA SAFARI 2025 event, conceived in 2015 by Chefs Nino Di Costanzo, two-Michelin-starred owner of the prestigious Dani Maison, and Pasquale Palamaro, head chef at the Regina Isabella's Indago restaurant. The event was conceived as a simple four-handed dinner, and has now become one of the most authentic food and wine events in Italy.
"I'm delighted with the feedback I've received from so many colleagues, who were more enthusiastic this year than ever to participate in our Gala Dinner," explains Nino Di Costanzo. "It's testament to the fact that ISCHIA SAFARI has become a platform for chefs, pizza chefs, and pastry chefs to connect, as well as an opportunity to raise funds for initiatives we believe are worthy."
Pasquale Palamaro also expresses his pride "to once again place our beloved Green Island at the center of the national culinary scene. We continue to fight vigorously to defend the traditions of quality Mediterranean cuisine, and judging by the chefs who will make up this prestigious brigade, we certainly don't feel alone in this fascinating challenge."
The protagonists of the evening:
CHEF
•Andrea Antonini IMÀGO OF THE HASSLER HOTEL * (Rome)
•Andrea Aprea** ANDREA APREA RESTAURANT (Milan)
•Antonio De Matteo GUARRACINO RESTAURANT (Casamicciola Terme, Naples)
•Daniele Lippi** ACQUOLINA (Rome)
•Domenico Stile** ENOTECA LA TORRE (Villa Laetitia, Rome)
•Errico Recanati* ANDREINA (Loreto, Ancona)
•Ettore Bocchia MISTRAL OF THE GRAND HOTEL VILLA SERBELLONI (Bellagio, Como)
•F.lli Cerea*** RESTAURANT FROM VITTORIO IN BRUSAPORTO (Brusaporto, Bergamo)
•Federico Zanasi* SHARE (Turin)
•Francesco Apreda* IDYLIO BY APREDA (Rome)
•Gianfranco Pascucci* PASCUCCI AT THE PORTICCIOLO (Fiumicino, Rome)
•Giuseppe Guida* ANTICA OSTERIA NONNA ROSA (Vico Equense, Naples)
•Giuseppe Iannotti** KRÈSIOS (Telese Terme, Benevento)
•Luigi Cariulo DA GIGIONE BUTCHER & HAMBURGER (Pomigliano D'Arco, Naples)
•Maicol Izzo** MILU SQUARE (Castellammare di Stabia, Naples)
•Massimiliano Sena* THE TABLE DE COURCELLES OF THE CHÂTEAU DE COURCELLES
(Courcelles-sur-Vesle, France)
•Nino Di Costanzo** DANÍ MAISON (Ischia, Naples)
•Oliver Glowig* THREE OLIVE TREES (Paestum Capaccio, Salerno)
•Paolo Barrale* ARIA RESTAURANT (Naples)
•Pasquale Palamaro* INDIGO (Lacco Ameno, Naples)
•Roberto Di Pinto* SINE BY DI PINTO UNCONVENTIONAL FINE DINING (Milan)
•Salvatore Bianco LA TERRAZZA HOTEL EDEN (Rome)
•Salvatore Elefante Vincenzo Tedeschi** THE OLIVE TREE / THE HEDGEHOG /ZUMA CAPRI (Anacapri, Naples)
•Savio Perna* LI GALLI (Positano, Salerno)
•Tommaso Luongo* HOTEL BOTANIA IL MIRTO RESTAURANT (Forio, Naples)
PIZZA MAKERS:
•Enzo Coccia THE NEWS (Naples)
•Francesco Capece CONFINE PIZZA AND CELLAR (Milan)
•Gabriele Bonci BONCI PIZZARIUM AND BAKERY (Rome)
•Ivano Veccia LISOLA (Forio, Naples)
•Massimiliano Prete SESTO GUSTO (Turin)
•Salvatore Salvo PIZZERIA SALVO
(San Giorgio a Cremano, Naples)
ARTISANS OF TASTE:
•Alessandro Buono ARAGONESE DISTILLERIES (Ischia, Naples)
•José Carlos Prieto Bautista JAMONES JOSELE AND HIJOS (Las Palmas, Fuerteventura)
•Mini Dairy Costanzo Alessandro Costanzo MINI DAIRY COSTANZO
•Vesuvius Magma Gin Maurizio De Fazio VESUVIUS MAGMA GIN (Naples)
•Vito Elia BARISKIA CATERING (Forio, Naples)
PASTRY CHEFS:
•Antonino Maresca ANTONINO MARESCA PASTRY CONSULTANT (Meta, Sorrento)
•Benito Odorino BENITO PASTRY SHOP (Casal Di Principe, Caserta)
•Carmine Di Nardi CDN PASTRY PROJECTS
•Gabriele Vannucci PASTRY CHEF
•Galileo Reposo D.REAM INTERNATIONAL (Milan)
•Gianluca Fusto FUSTO MILANO (Milan)
•Giuseppe Amato GIUSEPPE AMATO WORLD BEST PASTRY CHEF 2021-2022 LES GRANDES TABLES DU MONDE PASTRY CHEF (Cerveteri, Rome)
•Loretta Fanella LORETTA FANELLA PASTRY LAB (Stagno-Collesalvetti, Livorno)
•Nello Iervolino INDACO THE HOTEL OF QUEEN ISABELLA (Lacco Ameno, Naples)
•Raffaele and Gianfranco Romano GRAN CAFFE' ROMANO (Solofra, Avellino)
•Sal De Riso SAL DE RISO PASTRY SHOP (Tramonti, SA)
•Salvatore Capparelli PASTICCERIA CAPPARELLI (Naples)
•Simone Bonini ANASTASIA BISTROT (Scandicci, Florence)
•Tommaso Fogliac PASTRY CHEF (Nola, Naples)
Information and tickets for the evenings are available on the website: https://ischiasafari.it/
