ANTONIO FRESA – restaurateur FROM THE HEART OF WORLD’S GASTRONOMY

A native of Apulia, the southernmost region of the Apennine Peninsula. He rightfully calls San Giovanni Valdarno his second homeland, a small town in the heart of Tuscany, where his family moved when he was twelve years old and where his tastes were formed.
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Как любому настоящему итальянцу, любовь к еде ему привили дома мама и бабушка. Значительное влияние на его кухню оказали гастрономические традиции, не только родной Апулии и Тосканы, но и любимой Сицилии.

Timofey Milyukov Brand Chef of Fresa’s Restaurant Group

Timofey began his journey with Fresa’s Group as a chef at the Israeli bistro Saviv in St. Petersburg. Today, he is the brand chef of the entire restaurant group. His key principles in the kitchen are quality, speed, cleanliness, and discipline. Timofey masterfully combines and brings to life incredible gastronomic ideas.

NIKITA KUPAVYKH HEAD CHEF OF MARSO POLO

Nikita is a young chef from Saint Petersburg. He trained as a food technologist, but during internships in restaurants and hotels, he realized that working in the kitchen attracted him much more.

He began his professional journey in 2012 under the mentorship of Dmitry Blinov at the restaurant Gastronom. Later, he gained experience working at Terrassa and Probka. He also spent several months working in a bakery production facility.

Nikita has extensive international experience as well. He studied in the United States and completed an internship in Mexico at Pujol (ranked 16th in the 2022 World’s 50 Best Restaurants). He also worked in Dubai at a restaurant within the Four Seasons hotel.

Nikita joined Antonio’s team long ago — they previously worked together at Jerome and Saviv. Later, he helped open Sea, Signora, where he held the position of sous-chef.

Today, Nikita leads the kitchen at Marso Polo.

Antonio Fresa has been working in the kitchen since he was 14 years old, and since 17, after leaving his hometown, he managed to work in many restaurants in Italy and abroad (Holland, Germany, Israel, Sweden). He has moved to St. Petersburg almost 10 years ago.
2016, 2018: The best chef is Antonio Fresa. Restaurant Award #What’s Best in Petersburg
2016: Chef of the Year Antonio Fresa. According to the magazine version Sobaka.ru

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