Claudio Trovato Chef

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Two worlds, one cuisine.

Today I split my life — and my stoves — between two far-flung places that, at the table, end up speaking the same language: that of Italian hospitality.

Chef Claudio Trovato in front of Tetetlán in Mexico City, beside Pedro Friedeberg's golden hand sculpture

Mexico City · Jardines del Pedregal

Cooking on volcanic rock

Tetetlán — Casa Pedregal

In Mexico City I cook inside Tetetlán, the cultural space built around Casa Pedregal, a masterpiece by the architect Luis Barragán. Walls that play with light and shadow, volcanic rock woven into the landscape, an atmosphere of contemplation where time seems to stand still — and all around, an art gallery, a library and vinyl nights.

Here Italian cuisine meets the mineral matter of the pedregal: a dialogue of light, stone and flavour that never stops surprising me.

Intense portrait of chef Claudio Trovato

Dolo · Riviera del Brenta

Among Venetian villas and vineyards

Hotel Villa Martin

The other half takes me back to Italy, on the Riviera del Brenta: Hotel Villa Martin, in Dolo, set in the green among the vines and along the famous road of the Venetian villas, twenty-five minutes from Venice. Frescoes, contemporary elegance and the villa's new restaurant, opened in 2025: an address that is already, in itself, a destination.

Here cooking returns to its roots: the Mediterranean, told with the calm and grace of the Veneto.

In the kitchen, everywhere The continents change. The care behind the gesture doesn't.
Page from the book «All the Risottos in the World» by Riso Gallo featuring chef Claudio Trovato's recipe

Recognition

A risotto in «All the Risottos in the World»

My recipe — date-bottarga risotto with blue cheese and figs on crisp wafers — was featured in «All the Risottos in the World» by Riso Gallo, alongside the finest interpretations of rice from every corner of the planet. A page signed by «Cucina», the Italian restaurant of the Marriott Marquis in Doha.

Best Italian ChefMiddle East
Ambassador of Italian cuisineUNESCO heritage · Middle East
10 years in Qatarup to the 2022 World Cup

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