Norbert Niederkofler is an energetic, creative and genuine advocate for the resurgence of local cuisine. He loves the mountains where he was born, and where he later returned. As an ibex, he loves to visit the worlds mountains to research and explore the widest range of gastronomic experiences.

Choosing Monograno Felicetti has allowed him to instill in his pasta recipes recollections of the clear water and pure air of his Dolomites.

Because when Niederkofler can make someone else experience the familiar scent and taste of his homeland, he feels simply happy.

Beloved, discussed, desired and envied. Carlo Cracco has always aroused many different feelings and emotions, leading him to take on lifes challenges with eclecticism and a smile on his face.

In his youth, he worked beside top chefs such as Gualtiero Marchesi, Alain Ducasse and Alain Senderens, and at the 3-starred Enoteca Pinchiorri. He then opened his first restaurant, Le Clivie in Cuneo, and earned the first Michelin star after just one year. In 2001, a new chapter began with the opening of Cracco-Peck in Milan, which he took over completely in 2007. He also manages Carlo e Camilla in Segheria in Milan since 2013 and of Ovo in Moscow since 2016.

Since 2017, Cracco is a social ambassador for Monograno Felicetti; he emphasizes on social media that bold passion that takes to the top, where the highest summits can almost be grazed with a finger.

The only Michelin-starred Italian chef in Japan, Luca Fantin grew with an unbridled passion for cooking and an obsession with local ingredients.

He trained in Italy, in the kitchens of Massimo Ferrari, Carlo Cracco, Gualtiero Marchesi and Heinz Beck. He then landed in Tokyo, where since 2009 he runs his own Il Ristorante - Luca Fantin at the impressive Bulgari Ginza Tower. There, he faced the decision of using locally sourced ingredients, challenging the belief that Italian cuisine could only be done with Italian ingredients. His choice? Japanese raw materials for Italian recipes. choice

With versatility and creativity in equal measures, Fantin prepares dishes that can thrill even the most international palates. In doing so, however, he makes an exception to his own rules: the pasta can only be Italian; Monograno Felicetti, of course!

Michele Casadei Massari believes passionately in the following things: the power of self-expression, the importance of creativity, the beauty of sensory experiences and the truth of science.

A real Renaissance man, Michele was born in 1975 in his beloved Riccione and grew up in Bologna.

In 2009, Michele moved to New York City, a city where he has now put down his roots, creating a world of exploration and new opportunities.

Creative and expressive; visionary and guided by his achievements; fed by exquisite sensory experiences and by an infinite thirst for exploration and knowledge. As an Executive Chef, all of his personal passions combine in a continuous, visionary flow of food, with delicate textures and flavours and brilliant colours that are sure to delight, enchant and inspire.