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Restaurant in Veneto, Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Le Calandre is a restaurant in the village of Sarmeola di Rubano 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of Padua, Italy.[1][2]
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Established | 1981 |
Owner(s) | Rafaele Alajmo & Massimiliano Alajmo |
Previous owner(s) | Erminio Alajmo and Rita Chimetto |
Head chef | Massimiliano Alajmo |
Food type | Contemporary Italian |
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Street address | Via Liguria, 1 |
City | Sarmeola di Rubano |
County | Province of Padua |
State | Veneto |
Postal/ZIP Code | 35030 |
Country | Italy |
Coordinates | 45.421703°N 11.809572°E |
Website | alajmo |
Opened in 1981 by Erminio Alajmo and his wife Rita Chimetto,[3] the restaurant gained its first Michelin star in 1992 with Chimetto as chef de cuisine.[4] Their son, Massimiliano Alajmo, took over the restaurant in 1994,[5] and only two years later in December 1996, the restaurant gained its second star and the then 22-year-old Alajmo became the youngest chef with two Michelin stars.[6]
When the restaurant gained its third Michelin star in November 2002, an award only given to "exceptional cuisine with distinctive dishes, precisely executed using superlative ingredients, and worth a special journey",[7] Alajmo at the age of 28 became the youngest three-star Michelin chef of all time.[8][9] Le Calandre has retained their three Michelin stars ever since,[10] and could celebrate 15 years with three stars in 2017.[11]
The restaurant has consistently been voted among The World's 50 Best Restaurants every year since 2006,[12][13] and is ranked as number 29 on Restaurant's 2017 list.[14][15] Forbes included Le Calandre on their list of "The 16 Coolest Places To Eat In 2016".[16][17]
Le Calandre has been described as "one of Italy's most cutting-edge restaurants",[18] that "is consistently judged by major restaurant critics as one of the two or three best restaurants in the country.",[19] and Head Chef Alajmo has earned the nickname "The Mozart of the stoves" (Il Mozart dei fornelli).[8][20][21] Food critic Andy Hayler in his review of a 2012 visit to Le Calandre, concluded by saying: "This was a genuinely memorable meal, one of the best I have eaten. This is truly a restaurant at the pinnacle of culinary achievement.",[22] and concluded his review the following year by saying: "Le Calandre is without doubt one of the top restaurants of the world."[23]
In 2010, Le Calandre underwent a major refurbishment, and abandoned the use of white tablecloths for raw wooden tables.[24][25][26]
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