Confirmed the Michelin star at the Italian restaurant La Bottega in Geneva, with chef Fernando Tommaso Forino at the head of the kitchen brigade.
A professional path made of passion that of Fernando Tommaso Forino, young and talented chef who, after learning the secrets of the most important international and national cuisines alongside renowned restaurant masters, has been the Executive Chef of the La Bottega Restaurant in Geneva since February 2018. Starred restaurant since 2015 – just 5 months after opening and under the guidance of patron Francesco Gasbarro – La Bottega has seen its star confirmed on February, the 5th, by the Michelin Guide Switzerland. Moreover, the cooking philosophy of the 28 year old chef from Scafati (province of Salerno) contains that mix of innate skill, audacity, extravagance and continuous research that leads to the creation of never banal dishes, where
creativity and homage to tradition are perfectly combined. “For me, cooking is not a job – explains Forino – but the place where I can be myself and express my soul through the ingredients. It is the passion that every day brings me to the constant search for detail and the unstoppable desire to learn and discover new things”. His menus are always “surprise”, with a choice of 7, 9 or 12 courses whose common thread is the way in which Fernando Tommaso can play with shapes and materials to compose the perfect and original setting for his culinary creations, which fully reflect its whimsical and charismatic character. The elegant and comfortable rooms of the La Bottega, with a Nordic design, are signed by the renowned Tuscan company Sestini & Corti. The precious wood of the tables is harmoniously combined with the leather seats and the sandblasted brick walls. The open kitchen allows guests in the dining room to ‘taste’ live the mastery of the young brigade (almost all Italian) leaded Forino. (labottegatrattoria.com)
PHOTO CREDITS: ALEX TEUSCHER
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