The restaurant of the San Barbato Resort Spa & Golf, led by Executive Chef Donato De Leonardis and Executive Pastry Chef Tommaso Foglia, enters the starred panorama of haute cuisine
A new star shines in the province of Potenza: it is the one assigned to Don Alfonso 1890 of the San Barbato Resort Spa & Golf in Lavello (PZ) by the Michelin Guide.
Alfonso Iaccarino, his wife Livia and their sons Ernesto and Mario have brought to San Barbato the same philosophy and the same passion that have made Don Alfonso 1890 one of the most important restaurants in the world and a temple of hospitality.
The coveted and prestigious recognition comes at the end of a difficult year for the restaurant and hotel sector and for this reason it takes on an even more important meaning.
“It is a great honor for me to have brought the Star to Lavello – says Antonio Liseno, owner of the San Barbato Resort Spa & Golf. We like to think that it is the result of doing well, of unreserved commitment, of passion and constant search for quality but, above all, of great teamwork.
An unexpected gratification for a still young project in a territory that still has a lot to tell.
A special thanks to the Iaccarino family, who have been able to transfer all their knowledge to San Barbato, of course to Executive Chef Donato De Leonardis, to Executive Pastry Chef Tommaso Foglia and to our entire team, who represent a big family for us”.
This confirms the choice to have awarded Antonio Liseno as entrepreneur of the year at the Food and Travel Italia Awards with the motivation: “Talent, flair, courage. And so much love for his land: a feeling that his land reciprocates, thanking Antonio Liseno for having chosen it to create the beauty that hosts us this evening”.
Donato De Leonardis’ cuisine uses typical products of the Bel Paese and Lucanian in particular. A cuisine that respects the values ​​of tradition, elegant and dedicated to the search for authenticity, without extremism or experimentation for its own sake, but concrete and authentic, based on true, genuine and reassuring flavors.
As art creates emotions, so the chef creates his dishes: refined and delicious, colorful and innovative. At the center of the high quality of the raw materials that blends with the mastery of the workmanship … a total satisfaction of the palate and the sight.
