Emergente 2022: top young professionals in dining, pizza, chef

Concluded the Emergente 2022 event conceived by Luigi Cremona and Lorenza Vitali, which rewards the best young professionals in the restaurant and hospitality industry: chefs, pizza makers and room service workers.

The most anticipated event of the year to proclaim the new stars of the Italian restaurant and hospitality industry has just concluded. The Emergente finals were held at ALMA, the most important school of higher education in hospitality in Italy.

These are the winners:

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• EmergenteSala: Andrea Saccogna, Ristorante Il Cavallino . Maranello BO
• EmergentePizza: Luca Vessecchia, Seu Pizza Illuminati a Roma
• EmergenteChef: Sara Scarsella, Ristorante Sintesi ad Ariccia RM

And we come to the record. Of the Hall Finalists (six of each type) three are from the North Selection and three from the South Central Selection.

EmergenteSala
Kicked off the EmergenteSala Final on Friday night with a "competition dinner" at Mater Restaurant in Alma. The finalists: Davide Giordana of Villa La Bollina in Serravalle Scrivia AL; Matteo Di Giovanni of Seta at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Milan; Ion Chelici of Ristorante Nostrano in Pesaro; Simone Munzillo of Ristorante Le Trabe in Paestum SA; Salvatore Matarazzo of Re Santi e Leone in Nola NA; and of course the winner Andrea Saccogna of Il Cavallino restaurant in Maranello!

The jury, composed of dining professionals, chefs and trade journalists, was very qualified. In addition to the "competition" character, the dinner turned into a real Gala happening, given the highly professional and empathetic behavior of all the finalists, supported by Alma's Sala students. The second (oral) test to determine the winner took place on Saturday morning 14, again in the presence of a qualified, as well as strict jury. The choice was difficult, all six candidates presented themselves at a really high level: the winner was Andrea Saccogna, from Il Cavallino Restaurant . Maranello BO. A mention from the jury went to Salvatore Matarazzo, Sommelier of the Re Santi e Leoni Restaurant in Nola NA, for the special gifts of empathy demonstrated during the dinner the previous evening.

EmergentePizza

On the afternoon of Saturday, May 14, the EmergentePizza category competition got underway, these are the six finalists: Rosario Giannattanasio - "Acqua e Farina" in Vicenza; Valentina La Porta - "Al Posto Giusto" in Castelli Calepio BG; Italo Barsanti - Pizzeria "Bioesserì" in Milan; Luigi Gentile - "Pizzeria Cirasella"- Monopoli BA; Milena Natale Pizzeria "VerdeVasinicola" in Battipaglia - SA; Luca Vessecchia - Seu Pizza Illuminati in Rome.

The finalists competed in the "fritti" category, or the pampering that usually precedes the arrival of pizza on the table. This was followed by an aperitif with the best of food and wine specialties offered by Witaly's longtime supporting partners. On Sunday morning, May 15, at the conclusion of the Pizza competition, in front of a super-selected jury of great pizza chefs and journalists, the finalists faced two tests: the "NoWaste" pizza (indicating a pizza made with non-waste materials, but from the processing of the usual products used on pizzas) and a free-choice pizza. Again the competition was exciting, the jury after evaluating Saturday's test awarded the victory to Luca Vessecchia - Seu Pizza Illuminati in Rome. There were two special mentions: Rosario Giannattanasio - Acqua e Farina in Vicenza and Milena Natale Pizzeria Verdevasinicola Battipaglia SA.

EmergenteChef

At 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, the EmergenteChef Jury , settled at the tables of Mater Restaurant. Six finalists: Davide Marzullo - Trattoria Contemporanea in Lomazzo CO; Mattia Pecis - Ristorante Cracco in Portofino GE; Stefano Zanini - MOS Ristorante in Desenzano del Garda BS; Francesco Lorusso - Bramea in Palazzo San Gervasio PZ; Matteo Morbini - Olio su Tavola in Lucca; Sara Scarsella- Sintesi in Ariccia RM.

Super-selected jury: starred chefs, Alma Teachers, journalists from well-known industry Guides and established newspapers. Themes Protagonists of the competition: Pasta and Parmigiano Reggiano for the first course and aseguure a vegetarian recipe of free choice. The jurors were attentive to the smallest details, the service, assisted by Alma was impeccable.

The victory, save that Antonia Klugman in 2009, finally went to a woman, Sara Scarsella chef patronne together with her sister (formerly EmergenteSala) of the Sintesi restaurant in Ariccia RM . Two special mentions to : Stefano Zanini - MOS Ristorante in Desenzano del Garda BS and Mattia Pecis - Ristorante Cracco in Portofino GE.

Before the award ceremony, the customary photo on the fantastic staircase, overlooking the Italian-style garden of the Reggia di Colorno, followed by everyone in the Aula Magna where, an always emotional Luigi Cremona, with Lorenza Vitali and Andrea Grignaffini (among the first to give his contribution together with Cremona in 2000 during the planning of Alma), proclaimed the winner and the two mentions.

At the end of the Emergente2022 kermesse, the big party with all the participants: competitors, jurors, guests, partners, and last but not least, the presence of former Emergenti who came all the way to Alma, just for the joy of still feeling part of the Emergente "Big Family" created, with tireless passion by Luigi Cremona and Lorenza Vitali in 2004.