The Gallerie d'Italia are expanding and expanding not only the cultural offer but also the gastronomic one, focusing on young starred chefs for the management of the catering spaces in the two new museum locations in Turin and Naples. For the first Intesa Sanpaolo has chosen i Costardi Brothers, while for the second, Giuseppe Iannotti will lead the brigade. The gastronomic proposals will be suitable for a heterogeneous public and designed to accompany the museum visitor throughout the day, with a strong reference to the local tradition reinterpreted by the chefs specifically for the Gallerie d'Italia. If the two museums will soon open to the public (May 17 in Turin and May 21 in Naples), to be able to taste the dishes of the young chefs we will have to wait a little longer, until next autumn.
Now we hear more and more: today there are more and more restaurants that open within an art venue. Italy, with Milan as leader, has certainly realized the great opportunity to combine these two worlds that are no longer so distant. It is no longer a trend but a conscious and successful approach in which the pleasure of gluttony and the pleasure of the soul and mind come together to give an all-round experience. Last in order of time was A lot at the Borghese Gallery of Rome.
Costardi Bros will bring their famous risotto to Turin
In Turin, the protagonists will be the chefs Costardi Bros, the Piedmontese brothers who are masters of risotto and who already own the restaurant Christian & Manuel in Vercelli, and which will give the Piedmontese tradition a contemporary twist.
In Turin, the restaurant space of the new Gallerie d'Italia will be developed in the area of the historic Caffè San Carlo, a city reference point, with 120 seats between inside and outside and will be guided by the creative flair of the two Piedmontese brothers who are masters of risotto – former owners of the Christian & Manuel restaurant in Vercelli – and who will give the Piedmontese tradition a contemporary twist, respecting the history of the city and the place with a touch of modernity.
Developing with internal and external dehors, directly overlooking Piazza San Carlo and the internal cloister of the open-air museum, the Caffè San Carlo café and bistro will be the ideal space for experiencing the heart of the city at all times of the day as well as the fine dining restaurant which will be open seven days a week.
Iannotti will bring the excellence of Campania to Naples
In Naples, it will be the gastronomic proposal led by the starred Giuseppe Iannotti – born in Campania in 1982, former owner of the 2 Michelin star restaurant Krèsios in Telese Terme in the province of Benevento – which stands out for its innovative dishes that tell the world and the excellence of Campania even in a single course. On the ground floor, with entrance from via Toledo (in the building which houses the former Banco di Napoli, not far from the previous location of the museum, i.e. Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano) the café and bistroluminist' with 50 seats, will be open from the end of July, seven days a week, with a restaurant format that includes fish in all its many forms, as well as classic recipes from the Neapolitan tradition.
But it doesn't end there. On the top floor, in the extraordinary panoramic terrace overlooking the Gulf of Naples and the Certosa di San Martino, there will be the lounge bar and the restaurant fine dining with two tasting itineraries with dishes that you can choose à la carte.
A young chef, tied to his land, but with views beyond the borders. Giuseppe has been behind the stove since he was little even though he studied computer engineering, to then return to his true love, namely cooking, completing a self-taught training, apart from an internship at Alinea in Chicago, three Michelin stars.
Both restaurants are designed to welcome both museum visitors and city citizens and tourists.
