10/12/2025
Today, December 2025, Italy celebrates.
Our cuisine has officially been recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage a milestone that does not honor a single dish, but an entire chain of hands, history, land, hard work, and identity.
And as I read this news from the other side of the world, after 12 years cooking across Asia and Southeast Asia, one thing feels clear:
this victory also belongs to all of us who, far from home, defend the truth of our flavors every single day.
My cuisine was born in Abruzzo:
from the mountains that teach you essentials,
from the sobriety of real flavors,
from the nature that forces you to remove everything unnecessary.
That’s where my way of cooking comes from.
That’s where my way of living this craft was shaped.
Twelve years ago, in Dubai, I presented Pallotte cace e ove for the first time abroad.
Then came India, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand where even Gambero Rosso honored my work with Three Forks.
And everywhere I went, I carried the same message:
Italian cuisine is not marketing.
It is culture. It is identity. It is responsibility.
And now that the world recognizes it as a heritage of humanity, my wish is simple:
That every chef, in Italy and beyond, chooses real ingredients.
That every restaurant stops creating “copy-paste plates” and starts building real value.
That training becomes serious again, not a decorative extra.
That authenticity is no longer a trend, but a duty.
Because bringing Italian cuisine into the world means this too:
every time you serve a dish, you’re representing a story bigger than yourself.
And today, that story is finally written also by UNESCO.
Proud of the Italy that works.
Proud of Abruzzo, which raised me.
Proud to continue this mission, wherever I go.
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