International Special Awards 2021ChefInternational selection

Antonio Buono

Casa Buono

Ventimiglia, Italy

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Before opening his own restaurant, Buono, 33, who has worked with David Kinch and Santi Santamaria, was Mauro Colagreco’s number two at Mirazur. Today, he’s working in a small restaurant with the help of his fiancée and a partner, where you can eat for around 40 euros a head. The food is Italian, though sometimes more broadly Mediterranean, and always packed with flavor, as a tribute to his late Catalan master Santamaria. This is one to visit as soon as it reopens.