His story
Born in Isernia, in central Italy, Gianni Bertone develops since a very young age a passion for cooking, thanks to his grandma’s teaching.
Experimenting through flavor and contrasts, he starts to develop his own favourite pairing and recipes.
Among cooking books and brief work experience in the Adriatic Coast, he keeps cultivating his dream to become a Chef and open his own restaurant, while taking on economic studies at the University Sapienza of Rome.
In 2015 a friend secretely registers Gianni for the castings of the fifth edition of Masterchef Italia, where he first met Chef Cannavacciuolo.
An experience that would mark his professional career, in fact some time later he would find himself at his side working at Villa Crespi.
Chef Cannavacciuolo noticed in him an innate talent and sincere passion, and in 2021 he chose him to lead the kitchen of his restaurant at Laqua by the Lake, a new structure of Laqua Collection in Pettenasco, on Lake Orta.