Massimo Bottura triumphs. 50 Top Italy, a completely free online project by LSDM



On Monday, December 2nd 2019, at the Teatro Eliseo in Rome, the final awards ceremony for the  Best Italian Restaurants 2020 according to 50 Top Italy was held.  It is a free online guide dedicated to the highest standards of the Italian restaurant sector.  It is a project by LSDM (an annual gourmet cooking congress held since 2008 in Paestum) and is curated by its creators, Barbara Guerra and Albert Sapere, in collaboration with the journalist Luciano Pignataro.

The Italian classification is a follow-up to the international ranking which was presented in October.

Those awarded during the ceremony included the top three contestants of the Best Italian Restaurants Worldwide 2019, the international section of the guide, which is curated by Guido Barendson.  He was able to witness the success of his restaurant Passerini in Paris, directed by chef Giovanni Passerini. The second and third positions went to Don Alfonso 1890 Toronto in Canada, e Heinz Beck Restaurant Tokyo in Japan.

 

The Italian 50 TOP ITALY guide is innovative because it divides the Italian restaurant sector into four categories:  Over 120 euros, Up to 120 euros, Trattoria/Osteria and Low Cost.

The top spots of these four categories went to: Osteria Francescana, in Modena, with chef Massimo Bottura; L’Argine a Vencò, in Dolegna del Collio (GO), led by Antonia Klugmann; Antica Osteria del Mirasole, in San Giovanni in Persiceto (BO), by Franco Cimini; and Panificio Bonci, in Rome, by Gabriele Bonci.

In second and third place for the category Over 120 euros were Uliassi, in Senigallia (AN), by chef Mauro Uliassi, and the St. Hubertus restaurant in San Cassiano (BZ), by Norbert Niederkofler.  In the Up to 120 euros ranking, second place went to Lido 84, in Gardone Riviera (BS), by Riccardo Camanini, and third to 28 Posti, in Milan, by Marco Ambrosino.  Instead for the Trattoria/Osteria category, second place was awarded to Trippa in Milan, by Diego Rossi, and third to Roscioli Salumeria con Cucina, in Rome, which is owned by brothers Alessandro and Pierluigi Roscioli.  Finally, in the Low Cost classification, second place went to Anikò, in Senigallia (AN), which is directed by Moreno Cedroni, and third to Generi Alimentari Da Panino, in Modena, by Giuseppe Palmieri.

 

“What comes out of this – affirm the three curators – is a valid and authentic picture of the entire Italian restaurant sector.  It is a sector which, despite various difficulties, enjoys continued success.  This is primarily due to the fact that we have the fortune to live in a country where every single territory is the custodian of a unique and precious food or raw material.  It is no coincidence, in fact, that almost all of the regions of Italy are present in the guide, from the North to the South of the peninsula.   The rest is made up of the work, the passion, the competence and the flair of the women and men who participated in this contest.  The division of the guide into categories represents our desire to create a project from the point of view of the reader.”

 

There are a total of 200 restaurants reviewed by the guide, 50 for each category in 50 Top Italy.  A panel of judges composed of 130 inspectors visited the restaurants anonymously, gave their review autonomously and, obviously, paid the bill.  The parameters used for judging are revolutionary.  They include a significant mark given to the service and the welcome which are fundamental elements for a restaurant that treats its guests with care.

 

Finally, an array of Special Awards were conferred to important figures in the Italian and International enogastronomy.  Among the most significant were:

 

Premio Olitalia Modello d’Ispirazione 2020 allo chef Umberto Bombana, di 8 ½ Bombana, Hong Kong (Cina);

Premio D’Amico Costanza nel Tempo all’Estero 2020 ad Acquarello, Monaco Di Baviera (Germania);

Premio Consorzio Tutela Prosecco Doc Cultura del Vino all’Estero 2020 al Restaurant Era Ora, Copenaghen (Danimarca);

Premio Olitalia Ospitalità Italiana nel Mondo 2020 al Don Alfonso 1890 Toronto (Canada);

Premio Emme Prodotti Tipici Ospitalità Alberghiera 2020 al Baglioni Hotels;

Premio D’amico Valorizzazione del Made In Italy 2020 a Orlando Food Sales;

Premio Mulino Caputo Miglior Servizio Italiano nel Mondo 2020 a Heinz Beck Restaurant Tokyo (Giappone);

Premio S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Cuoco Del Futuro 2020 assegnato a Davide Guidara del Sum Restaurant di Catania;

Premio Birrificio Valsugana Sala Contemporanea 2020 dato a Giuseppe Palmieri, maître e sommelier dell’Osteria Francescana;

Premio Mulino Caputo Pasticceria Contemporanea 2020 al ristorante Il Pagliaccio di Roma;

Premio Pastificio Dei Campi Primo Piatto dell’Anno 2020 al ristorante Tosca di Ginevra (Svizzera), per gli Gnudi ricotta e spinaci, burro alla salvia e coulis di pomodoro.

Premio Pastificio Dei Campi Formare il Futuro 2020 ad Alma la Scuola Internazionale di Cucina Italiana;

Premio Mandara Cultura del Vino in Italia 2020 al Ristorante Consorzio, Torino;

Premio Mulino Caputo Format dell’Anno 2020, a Exit gastronomia urbana, Milano;

Premio Kimbo Filiera Controllata 2020 al Panificio Bonci, Roma;

Premio Mandara Innovazione e Sostenibilità 2020, al St. Hubertus, San Cassiano (BZ);

Premio Olitalia Comunicare il Vino 2020 ad Alessandro Scorsone;

Premio Emme Prodotti Tipici Costanza nel Tempo in Italia 2020 a Oasis Sapori Antichi, Vallesaccarda (AV);

Premio Birrificio Valsugana Riso all’Italiana 2020 a Supplizio, Roma;

Premio Pastificio Dei Campi Famiglia Italiana 2020, La Tradizione, Vico Equense (NA).

Per finire i già annunciati:

Premio S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Valorizzazione del Territorio 2020 al ristorante Duomo, Ragusa;

Premio Emme Prodotti Tipici Accoglienza In Italia 2020 al Pashà Ristorante, Conversano (BA);

Premio D’amico Cucina Mediterranea 2020 al 28 Posti, Milano;

Premio Birrificio Valsugana Servire Il Vino In Italia 2020 a Maurizio Paparello, di Roscioli Salumeria con Cucina, Roma;

Premio Consorzio Tutela Prosecco Doc Servire il Vino all’Estero 2020 a Salvatore Salerno, de Il Lago, Ginevra (Svizzera).

È stata inoltre conferita una Targa alla Memoria di Lella Granito, compianta patronne dell’Osteria Nonna Rosa di Vico Equense (NA) e moglie dello chef Peppe Guida.

 

Queste le top ten delle quattro categorie di 50 Top Italy:

Top Ten “Oltre 120€”

1          Osteria Francescana, Modena, Emilia Romagna

2          Uliassi, Senigallia (AN), Marche

3          St. Hubertus, San Cassiano (BZ), Trentino Alto Adige

4          Danì Maison, Ischia (NA), Campania

5          Piazza Duomo, Alba (CN), Piemonte

6          Duomo, Ragusa, Sicilia

7          La Pergola, Roma, Lazio

8          Taverna Estia, Brusciano (NA), Campania

9          Enrico Bartolini Mudec, Milano, Lombardia

10        Vun Andrea Aprea, Milano, Lombardia

 

Top Ten “Fino a 120€”

1          L’Argine a Vencò, Dolegna del Collio (GO), Friuli Venezia Giulia

2          Lido 84, Gardone Riviera (BS), Lombardia

3          28 Posti, Milano, Lombardia

4          Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura, Firenze, Toscana

5          Pascucci al Porticciolo, Fiumicino (RM), Lazio

6          Antica Osteria Nonna Rosa, Vico Equense (NA), Campania

7          Materia, Cernobbio (CO), Lombardia

8          Oasis Sapori Antichi, Vallesaccarda (AV), Campania

9          daGorini, San Piero In Bagno (FC), Emilia Romagna

10        La Tana Gourmet, Asiago (VI), Veneto

 

Top Ten “Trattorie/Osterie”

1          Antica Osteria del Mirasole, San Giovanni in Persiceto (BO), Emilia Romagna

2          Trippa, Milano, Lombardia

3          Roscioli Salumeria con Cucina, Roma, Lazio

4          La Brinca, Ne (GE), Liguria

5          Ristorante Consorzio, Torino, Piemonte

6          Retrobottega, Roma, Lazio

7          Exit gastronomia urbana, Milano, Lombardia

8          Al Convento, Cetara (SA), Campania

9          NU’ Trattoria Italiana dal 1960 – Trattoria di civiltà e libertà contadina, Acuto (FR), Lazio

10        Braceria Bifulco, Ottaviano (NA), Campania

 

Top Ten “Low Cost”

1          Panificio Bonci, Roma, Lazio

2          Anikò, Senigallia (AN), Marche

3          Generi Alimentari DA PANINO, Modena     , Emilia Romagna

4          ‘Ino, Firenze, Toscana

5          Supplizio, Roma, Lazio

6          Masoni Macelleria & Bistrot, Viareggio (LU), Toscana

7          Nud e Crud, Rimini, Emilia Romagna

8          La Tradizione, Vico Equense (NA), Campania

9          Fud Bottega Sicula Catania, Catania, Sicilia

10        Trapizzino, Roma, Lazio

 

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Olitalia, Birrificio Valsugana, Consorzio di Tutela del Prosecco DOC, S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, Kimbo, D’Amico, Mandara, EMME Prodotti Tipici, Pastificio dei Campi, Mulino Caputo.

 

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