Famed the world over for its truffles and elegant wines, Alba is the foodie capital of Piedmont – a region that itself lays claim to being the gastronomic heartland of Italy – and is, therefore, the perfect location for Enrico Crippa’s chic modern Italian restaurant. The chef makes full use of the natural resources at [...]

The Alajmo brothers’ burgeoning dining group opened its first restaurant outside Italy last year in Paris, but standards remain stratospheric at the Paduan restaurant where one of the most intriguing stories in modern Italian gastronomy began. In 2002 Massimiliano Alajmo – then 29 – became the youngest chef ever to win three stars shortly after [...]