UMBERTO ESPOSTO

Born in Brescia, in the Garda’s Lake area, Umberto Esposto was very passionate about cuisine art and thanks to his father, who was a great chef and entrepreneur. Umberto began his culinary career in Milan at Re Fosco Restaurant. From there he went on to work in Sydney, Perth, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Paris, Lisboa, London, Dublin, Frankfurt, Vienna, Marrakesh, and Istanbul. His belief is that recipes cannot be just instructions to be executed, but pieces of life. He then took up to experiment on oriental cuisine and studied the art of Umami from the Zen Food Academy. His efforts came to life when he took the lead of Veranda Restaurant, on Como Lake, where his official recognition is “Punk Chef”, for his skill of breaking the rules - without barriers, walls and bias, but always smiling where diversities live in harmony in every single dish, he tells a story.