Michelin Guide 2024, 3-star restaurants in Italy rise to 13

Two stars also for Andrea Apria In Milan, the chef from Campania and adopted Milan received two stars at Vun; to George Restaurant In Naples with the chef Domenico Candela In the Grand Hotel Parker’s roof garden Piazzetta Melo In Castellammare di Stabia, with the chef Maycol Izzo Which also receives Special Michelin Award for Young Chef 2024 (from Lavazza). Moreover, the share of youth is very important: among the new features 11 chefs under 35 years old (4 under 30) Including recent three-star winner Fabrizio Melino (33 years old): “Campania has a lot of biodiversity and I had to go out and understand how valuable this is and then come back as head chef,” he said during the conference. Awards ceremony.

Confirmation for all 3-star winners

He commented: “This is a standard edition that gives a measure of Italian cuisine, full of energy and talent Gwendal Boulinec, International Director of the Michelin Guides. The 2024 collection includes 395 starred restaurants 33 new featuresAmong them, two new stars stand out.”

A new phase of growth for fine dining on the peninsula, is often at the center of criticism for its controversial economic sustainability, but it is clear that it never stops finding winning formulas, such as those that link food and wine with luxury hospitality. Moreover, recognitions that can only be pioneered for Italian cuisine in the world (and its nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage Site), which in recent days are being celebrated all over the world with more than a thousand dedicated events.

Confirmed restaurants “Worth the trip”: Villa Crespi in Orta San Giulio (Novarra) by Antonino Cannavacciolo (new entrance last year), Piazza Duomo in Alba (Cuneo) by Enrico Crippa, Da Vittorio a Brusaporto (Bergamo) by the Ceria brothers, Le Calandre a Rubano (Padua) by Massimiliano Alagmo, Dall Pescatore at Canneto sul Olio (Mantua) by Giovanni Santini, Osteria Francescana (Modena) by Francesco Bottura, Enoteca Pinchiori (Florence), and La Pergola (Rome) by Chef Heinz Beck, Reale at Castel di Sangro (L’Aquila). ) by Nico Romito and Uliasi in Senigallia (Ancona) and Enrico Bartolini in Modec (Milan).

Lombardy is at the top, followed by Campania

And in the regional ranking Lombardy maintains the lead with 60 restaurants (3 three stars, 6 two stars, 51 one stars), Campania confirms itself in second place with 51 restaurants (1 three stars, 8 two stars, 42 one stars), while on the third step of the podium comes Tuscany with 41 restaurants. (1 three stars, 5 two stars, 35 one stars). Piedmont slides to fourth place with 40 restaurants (2 three stars, 4 two stars, 34 one stars), while Veneto confirms fifth place with 32 brilliant restaurants (1 three stars, 4 two stars, 27 one stars).