Having passed the test of the lockdown imposed by the health emergency, the release of the Michelin guide is an important test bed for Italian catering and for the good fortune of the taste tourism destinations along the peninsula. Because the assignment of the star moves international travelers who in that universal pictogram, a sort of flower called a star in Italy macaron by the French, distinguish "an excellent cuisine, worthy of a stop on the journey" for the 329 signs designated with a star, " an excellent cuisine for which it is recommended to make a detour in your itinerary "for the 38 restaurants with two stars, and" a cuisine that is worth an ad hoc trip "for the 11 Three stars for a total of 378 starred restaurants in Italy. "The level and quality standards are so high as to record the highest number of Michelin stars ever achieved in Italy "underlined Gwendal Poullenec, international director of the Michelin Guide in declaring himself" confident for the future considering the number of young starred chefs in this edition " The chef Giuseppe Iannotti from Campania sparks joy on stage for the two stars awarded to the Krésios restaurant in Telese Terme (Benevento) where the inspectors of the "red" have identified "a cuisine that surprises for its idea, study and quality. And a very professional service to make it right side dish ". Even more incredulous Giovanni Solofra of Tre Olivi restaurant in Paestum (Salerno) who reaches two stars with a jump from zero for his"cuisine capable of surprising - we read in the reasons - for its refinement, taste, idea and technique ".
Antonino Cannavacciuolo is a habitué of the stars, his Villa Crespi on Lake Orta is a two-star hotel, then the Cannavacciuolo Café & Bistrot in Novara has one star and one more for the Cannavacciuolo Bistrot in Turin. But the fifth star warms Antonino's heart because it was conquered in Ticciano, in the family home in the hinterland of Sorrento, for the Laqua restaurant opened in early August of this year. In a few months of activity, the inspectors evidently found the entrepreneurial quality. "A recognition - comments the chef and TV star - that touches my heart, the first Michelin star to arrive in Laqua Country, in the house that contains all my childhood memories, where it all started thanks to the sacrifices of my family and where it continues now thanks to the passion of my boys ".Claudio Sadler is satisfied who will bring the starry jacket to the "Gusto by Sadler" brigade in San Teodoro (Sassari) in Sardinia where two other new stars shine: at the Fradis Minoris restaurant in Pula (Cagliari), also awarded the green star for commitment to sustainability, and Somu with Salvatore Cannedda's cuisine in Arzachena / Baia Sardinia (Sassari). "Il Pagliaccio" in Rome celebrates the confirmation of the two stars with Anthony Genovese's cuisine and the special award assigned to Matteo Zappile for the dining room service. The star returns to the city of Palermo and conquers Gagini Restaurant in the historic center. Instead, they lose the star: La Stua de Michil in Alta Badia (Bolzano), L'Aria in Blevio (Como), Le Colonne in Caserta, Le Petit Bellevue in Cogne (Aosta),La Taverna in Colloredo di Monte Albano (Udine), Ora d'Aria in Florence, Villa Giulia in Gargnano (Brescia), It in Milan, Embassy in Quistello (Mantua), La Fenice in Ragusa, Bistrot 64 in Rome, Il Ridotto in Venice, Osteria da Fiore in Venice, Il Portale in Verbania / Pallanza, Cinzia da Christian and Manuel in Vercelli.
