In 2016 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (OMRI) for services to Italian gastronomy.

In addition to Michelin stars, Locatelli has won awards for his books, notably Made in Italy, published in 2007. Described as “a refined Riviera-style restaurant”, the venue will serve Southern Italian cuisine via a menu that “celebrates his Italian roots and the historical influence of his homeland in Montenegro”. His next project, in March next year, is the delayed opening of Sabia by Giorgio Locatelli at the One&Only Portonovi resort in Montenegro. Last year the ever-restless chef opened another restaurant at the luxury Amara Hotel in Limassol, Cyprus. It was followed in 2008 by Ronda Locatelli, a 320-seat restaurant at the enormous Atlantis The Palm Hotel in Dubai – something of an anomaly, as he admitted, for someone who sets great store by his personal touch. Locanda Locatelli, which he opened in Marylebone with his wife Plaxy in 2002, earned its first Michelin star the following year. He was head chef at Zafferano in London from its opening to a storm of praise and press coverage in 1994, before moving in 2002 to open Locanda Locatelli, where he remains chef. Giorgio began his career at his family's restaurant in Italy before coming to London. He’s been a fixture of the London gastronomic scene ever since. Michelin-starred Giorgio Locatelli is one of Britain's best known Italian chefs. After a spell in Paris at Laurent and La Tour d’Argent he returned to London in 1995 to take charge of Zafferano, turning what was a fish restaurant into one celebrating Italian food, and earning his first Michelin star in 1999. His career initially took him over the border to Switzerland, and then to London in his early 20s where he worked for Anton Edelmann at the Savoy.

He’s not strayed far from a kitchen in the subsequent half-century. Born in northern Italy, “in a tiny spot by Lago di Comabbio”, to a family of restaurateurs, Giorgio Locatelli started cooking at the age of six.

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