Our 'Dinners d'Auteur' were created to celebrate the combination of contemporary pizza, fine-dining, wine, music and words, to make culture through thefood and wine.
Dinners d'auteur are an opportunity not only for tasting dishes and winesbut especially for getting to know the stories of those who worked to bring them to the table. All evenings are conducted by the food and wine journalist DANILO POGGIO, in an informal - but at the same time rigorous - conversation with the evening's guests.
Each dinner has two special guests: a chef and a wine producer.
Lo chef The guest of the first evening was ANDREA SPERONE of the Belvedere of Monteu Roero, a young chef with character and talent, with strong roots in Piedmontese tradition, but with an eye on contemporary cuisine.
Andrea Sperone offered us - in addition to some of his dishes - the toppings for the gourmet pizzas of our pizza-chef DAVID DI BILIO, which has just obtained recognition from the "Three Slices' of Gambero Rosso.
The wine cellar The guest of the first evening was the 'Monchiero Carbone"of Canale, represented by FRANCESCO MONCHIERO (for the past few months president of 'Piemonte Land of Winethe super consortium that groups the wine consortia of Piedmont). Francesco Monchiero guided us in the tasting of his wines, and in telling us about the Roero territory and its terroir.
And finally... the pleasure of live music
Those present were able to appreciate the great skill of the jazz pianist FABIO GORLIER.
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Guests of the evening
The journalist
Danilo Poggio
Food & Wine Lover
Danilo Poggio is not only a professional journalist grappling with the daily news and the television news. He is also a oeno-enthusiastby descent, by vocation and by choice. Certified wine tasterHe serves on juries for wine and gastronomic competitions and writes in the oldest and most prestigious national wine and food magazine. For over 15 years he has been talking about food and wine on radio and TV and in many live events around Italy, playing on the declination of languages and convinced that food is too important to be told in a sad way. Proof of this are his videos and podcasts, which you can also find on Instagram, YouTube and Spotify.
The producer
Francesco Monchiero
Monchiero Carbone Winery, Canale
The Chef
Andrea Sperone
Belvedere of Monteu
La Trattoria Belvedere Roero is located on the highest hill in the municipality of Monteu Roero, from which there is a breathtaking view of the vineyards, hazelnut groves and woods of the area. It is aactivities with a centuries-old historyrun by the Sperone family for almost 25 years: today the owner is Andrea, young chef with character and talentwhich creates an environment of authentic Piedmontese food and winerooted in tradition, but looking towards the contemporary cuisine. After attending hotel management school in Barolo and an internship in France, Andrea worked with star chef Davide Palluda and later at Il Boscareto. Finally, he took over the management of the family restaurant.
The pizza chef
Davide Di Bilio
Fuori Tempo by Canale and Chieri
Pizza chef and certified bakery chef, Davide has always attached great importance to his education. He attended theUniversity of Pizzawhere he had the privilege of having as teachers Simone Padoan and Renato Bosco, two great masters of contemporary world pizza. His path in catering stems from a great passion for dough and leavened products, in which two different culinary traditions converge: the Sicilian and that Piedmontese. For Davide, the art of pizza is firmly rooted in tradition, but reaches out with curiosity and passion to the new frontiers of contemporary pizza. In 2023 it obtained the 'Tre Spicchi' in the Gambero Rosso Guide to Italian Pizzerias.
The musician
Fabio Gorlier
Jazz pianist
After graduating in classical piano he devoted himself to jazzbecoming a leading figure on the Piedmontese jazz scene and beyond. He has been performing for years in an intense musical activity that has led him to play in numerous major festivals and exhibitions in Italy and around the worldsharing the stage with many important artists. He also carried out amusic journalism activity, collaborating with the Institute for Musical Heritage of Piedmont and several magazines.