Patron relais "La Fontanina" and chef restaurant "Botrus" (Ceglie Messapica, Italy)

Architect (Ph.D.), researcher at the National Research Institute for Archaeological and Monumental Heritage (CNR-IBAM), is a lecturer on the MPI post-graduate specialization course in Conservation, Management and Promotion of Industrial Heritage at the University of Padua. Deputy chairman of the Italian Association for Industrial Archaeological Heritage (AIPAI), he is joint editor of the magazine Patrimonio Industriale. He is a member of the Research Committee of OOF International Magazine and also the author of publications on issues of redevelopment, restoration, conservation and the promotion of industrial heritage. He has carried out several restoration, conservation and refurbishment projects at industrial heritage sites.

Award-winning Italian-American chef, named one of the best Italian chefs in America by Accademia Cucina Italiana; her Boston Spiga restaurant is named one of the “Top Ten Restaurants in America,” Esquire magazine; author of “Every Menu is a Love Story - Ecco Perché Amore”.