HostMilano and TUTTOFOOD, in collaboration with the Emirates Culinary Guild, the Dubai Restaurants Group and the Italian Business Council land in the kitchens of the best restaurants in Dubai to enhance high quality ingredients, technology in the kitchen and the expertise of the Chefs. 

Participants have created dishes inspired by one of the most popular Italian recipes at the international level, Risotto, in two categories: Classic Risotto and Innovative Risotto.

Leading personalities of Food & Beverage and hospitality in Dubai have confirmed their participation:  Carlos Garza (3 fils), Joseph El Hajj (GIA), Alfredo Albergatore (Luigia Restaurant), Chaitanya Koneitti (Thunder Road Pizza & Grill Barracuda), Enrico Paiola (Capital Club), David Barison (Sapori), Michele Blasi (BiCE Mare), Davide Gardini (BiCE Ristorante), Saumya Tamrakar (BiCE Ristorante), Nawaf Al (Shakespeare & Co), Mohamad Al Ali (Shakespeare & Co), Francesco Dimonte (Emirates Flight Catering Co. LLC), Thilak Sanjeewa Weeransinghe (Emirates Flight Catering Co. LLC), Lekhnath Thapaliya (Emirates Flight Catering Co. LLC), Rajesh Chaudhary (Emirates Flight Catering Co. LLC), Debjit Das (Crescendo Restaurant), Lawrence Raju Gomes (Crescendo Restaurant), Sadam Alexander Advincula Garrido (Crescendo Restaurant), Marcello Vigani (Eataly Azadea Group), Baljit Kumar (Grand Plaza Mövenpick Media City Slice Restaurant), Prashant Aripirala (McGettigan’s Ajman UAE), Andrea Brugnetti (Alici Restaurant), Bernardo Pacaoini (Torno Subito), Heinz Beck.

On 25 November, the four finalist chefs will prepare their risotto at their premises and receive a visit from the jury to taste it. The jury is composed of:

Mr. Amedeo Scarpa – Director ICE Dubai

Chef Uwe Micheel - President of The Emirates Culinary Guild

Thomas Paoletti – President Italian Business Council and Mr. Massimo Falcioni - Vice-President Italian Business Council

Mr. Naim Maadad - Dubai Restaurants Group

Chef Michael Kitts - Director of Culinary Arts, Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management

Ms. Donna Benton - Founder & CEO, The Benton Group