My Philosophy
Filippo Sinisgalli Executive Chef
The Product
“Doing the same thing well every day”
An excellent ingredient is a daily investment with an exceptionally long due date.
It’s my duty to respect it, to get to know every tiny merit and every limitation.
When I cook, I invite my guest to make an ethical agreement with the producer I chose for them.
In the end, they are the true heroes of country: the producers, and growers; the courageous, stubborn examples of methods and practice.
My work is translated into an act of responsibility; when a guest chooses to cross my threshold, they are putting themselves in my hands.
The Technique
“Be bold but don’t overdo it”
Mastering technology doesn’t mean overusing it, because the risk of standardising taste buds is the most widespread problem of the decade. From Milan to Lyon, all anyone seems to talk about is sous vide, regeneration, and cold marinating, or how anti-waste is possible through methodological lines of work and preservation, or super green film.
The truth is that in this trade, sustainability is all about acquiring painstaking knowledge about food, and preparation and cooking techniques. This is what influences the order and the design of a dish so that it can be cooked without needing tools to provide a safety net.
Because it is in the cooking of a Miéral chicken on the grill, starting with a cold lyonnaise, slowly heating it over a low flame to melt the fat under the skin that reveals the hand of the Chef; the toasted aroma and perfect crisp roasted texture that exceed all the ideas and theories that a chef de partie might bring to my kitchen.
The Millefiori di Lonigo is a spiced egg.
Not all lamb is cooked to 47 degrees at the centre.
Zero km is not always the answer; in some ways it is at odds with the typical biodiversity of our country.
The Guest
“A new contemplation of waiting”
A story is fortunately still the best way to win over a guest, in spite of the fact that today, everything you do is judged by a mobile phone lens.
Narration and as a result, time, is a precious ally that we should be bringing back, and making the most of.
The goal is to make them forget the umpteenth profusion of photos used to show off to friends in the immediate future, like some kind of boast.
St Augustine said that “Happiness is continuing to desire what we already have.”