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In the Studio: Massimo Bottura: the Picasso of Pasta

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23/07/2024 GMT

Massimo Bottura: the Picasso of Pasta

BBC World Service - In the Studio, Massimo Bottura: the Picasso of Pasta

Go behind-the-scenes at one of the world’s best and most creative restaurants.

Massimo Bottura’s ‘Osteria Francescana’ has twice been named the world’s best restaurant. Situated in Bottura’s hometown of Modena, a place renowned for racing cars and balsamic vinegar, the triple Michelin-starred establishment blends traditional Italian cooking with a truly avant-garde sense of design and creativity. 

Bottura is the leader of the culinary movement that sees food as edible art. His dishes are inspired by and dedicated to Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei, among other artists. He has even had his own exhibition at Paris’ Palais des Beaux-Arts.

Food journalist and cookbook author Emiko Davies spends a weekend in Modena with Bottura and his restauranteur wife Lara Gilmore. Davies goes behind-the-scenes of a working kitchen and gets behind the wheel of a sports car to discover how Bottura transforms his passion for art and design into novel ideas for unimaginable recipes.   

Presenter: Emiko Davies
Producer: Jude Shapiro
Executive producer: Jack Howson
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