Modena, Italy. The start of the genius gastronomical hero; Massimo Bottura. Chef for over 30 years of experience, moved the casual traditional Italian food from its confort zone, to a new artistic level. Massimo owns Osteria Francescana in Modena – Italy, with only 12 tables of the finest selection of food menu, joining between the past and the future with a thin line; called perfection.
Bottura has been force in a culinary revolution for years now, but necessarily in a way that ignites sweeping movements. His hard work ranked him as chef of the year for several polls and ranking him with 3 Michelin Stars to reflect the miasmic workings of his own mind.
“I have followed my passions for over thirty years to find my voice. The time has come to use it to make visible the invisible. Around the world, we waste one third of the food we produce. In 2016, I founded the non-profit association Food for Soul to empower communities to fight against food waste in the interest of social inclusion and individual wellbeing.” says Massimo
Osteria Francescana
On 19 March 1995 Bottura opened Osteria Francescana in the medieval city centre of Modena.[9] His concept was to juxtapose culinary tradition and innovation with contemporary art and design.
Bottura then spent a summer at elBulli with Ferran Adrià, which encouraged him to continue pushing boundaries and re-writing rules with his cuisine.
In 2012, shortly after Osteria Francescana was awarded its third Michelin star, the restaurant closed for the summer for a period of refurbishment and opened with an updated insight into Bottura’s two biggest passions – contemporary art and avant garde cuisine.
Bottura and Osteria Francescana were featured in episode one of the first season of Netflix’s Chef’s Table series in 2015, and the second episode of the second season of Master of None. Bottura had heard that the series had shot at nearby Hosteria Giusti, and directly confronted Eric Wareheim and Aziz Ansari one evening, asking why they had not approached him. He offered them a full meal, which was subsequently shot for the episode and featured the actors’ real reactions to his food.
