Stelle di Stelle: 5 months of fine dining at Harrods

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harrods London’s famous department store Harrods is opening its doors, and kitchen, to Italy’s five best restaurants for five months from September until January 2015. Hosting for one month each, the five Italian restaurants will provide London foodies with a special edit of their signature dishes. With 13 Michelin stars between them, the lauded line-up is Carlo Cracco’s Ristorante Cracco, Giorgio Pinchiorri and Annie Féolde’s Enoteca Pinchiorri, Gennaro Esposito’s Torre del Saracino, Enrico Crippa’s Piazza Duomo and Enrico and Roberto Cerea’s Da Vittorio. Stelle di Stelle is presented in association with Identità Golose, a culinary organisation with a mission to promote the best of modern Italian cuisine and showcase regional culinary excellence worldwide. Taking inspiration from their restaurant’s settings in Milan, Naples, Florence, Alba and Bergamo, the acclaimed chefs have used only the finest seasonal ingredients to offer diners a stellar experience of contemporary Italian cuisine in the heart of bustling Knightsbridge. logo Each chef has created a four-course menu, which can be paired with Italian wines and beers. Menus will be priced at £110 for lunch and £160 for dinner (£130 and £180 respectively, with matching drinks), with one lunch and two dinner sittings each day. Schedule of chefs lined-up:

September

Chef: Carlo Cracco Restaurant: Ristorante Cracco (** Michelin), Carlo Cracco’s cutting-edge, cosmopolitan Milan dining room.

October

Chef: Enrico and Roberto Cerea Restaurant: Da Vittorio (*** Michelin), in Brusaporto (Bergamo) where the Cerea brothers share the kitchen.

November

Chef: Gennaro Esposito Restaurant: Torre del Saracino (**Michelin), Gennaro Esposito’s 7th century watchtower overlooking the Amalfi coast.

December

Chef: Giorgio Pinchiorri and Annie Féolde Restaurant: Enoteca Pinchiorri (***Michelin), Giorgio Pinchiorri and Annie Féolde’s famous Florentine dining palace.

January

Chef: Enrico Crippa harrods logoRestaurant: Piazza Duomo (***Michelin), 39th on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2014, and the Alba residence of rising star Enrico Crippa. Lines are now open to book your place in this unique event. To book a table, call 020 7893 8700 (lines open 8th August, 9am- 8pm Monday – Saturday and 11am – 6pm on Sundays) with more information online at www.harrods.com. Table requests can be emailed to [email protected] when the booking line is closed
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Editor 8th August 2014

Stelle di Stelle: 5 months of fine dining at Harrods