Our
History
My passion for this profession began with my childhood spent in my grandmother's kitchen, where I savored delicious and authentic foods that smelled good, from there everything began, so that I felt more and more the desire to be in the kitchen, plan every single step and design my future.
In the 80s, I began my work experience in a well-known restaurant in San Vito Lo Capo, the fishing village.
From there I began to learn the world of cooking. In 1992 I opened my first restaurant in Calatafimi – Segesta, a historic town near the temple of Segesta and takes the name of EGESTA from its founder EGESTA.
From there I begin to give space to my imagination based on typical Sicilian dishes based on meat and dishes handed down by my family.
I have come a long way to make myself known and appreciated, becoming one of the most successful executive chefs in the field of traditional cuisine in the entire province of Trapani and beyond. I still remember the period of the Segesta theater program where I found myself creating the most prestigious typical dishes of our land for great artists such as Bennato, Siravo, Lando Buzzanca, Barbara D'urso, Massimo Ranieri, Andrea Bocelli, the great maestro Giorgio Albertazzi and many other highly appreciated artists.
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In 2007 I moved, bringing with me a wealth of emotions, sensations, experiences and recognitions, and opened EGESTA MARE, a venue located in an ancient monastery from 1870, whose tuff arches and stone walls are still clearly visible inside the venue, creating a unique and evocative atmosphere. The venue is located in the city of Castellammare del Golfo, a famous seaside tourist center near the Zingaro nature reserve and close to the famous Scopello stacks, one of the most beautiful and evocative places in Sicily.
The cuisine marries harmoniously with refined dishes that are mainly based on fish caught in the same gulf of Castellammare del Golfo, in fact by definition EGESTA MARE is the restaurant with the "sea on the plate", a vast choice of Sicilian specialties that respect the tastes of ancient traditional recipes.
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In 2019 in Rome at the Senate of the Republic, I participate in the COLLEGIUM COCORUM prestigious honor for professional merit that is awarded by the Italian Federation of Chefs to chefs who have worked or have worked for over 25 years in the culinary art, always and everywhere honoring the tradition and prestige of the millenary Italian cuisine, with the awarding of the current Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
