Carlo Cracco

{{Infobox person

| name = Carlo Cracco

| image = Carlo_Cracco.JPG

| caption = Cracco at Taste of Milano 2013

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|10|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Creazzo, Veneto, Italy

| occupation = Chef

| alma_mater = Pellegrino Artusi

}}

Carlo Cracco (born 8 October 1965) is an Italian chef and television personality.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-01|title=Meet Chef Carlo Cracco One Of Italy's Best Kept Culinary Secrets|url=https://www.luxuriousmagazine.com/chef-carlo-cracco-on-zoom/|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Luxurious Magazine|language=en-GB}}

Cracco in Galleria, his restaurant located in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, has three forks from Gambero Rosso, one star in the Michelin Guide, and is in the World's 50 Best Restaurants.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-08 |title=Cracco Portofino:the newest restaurant of a great Italian chef |url=https://www.gamberorossointernational.com/news/restaurants-news/cracco-portofino-carlo-craccos-meatless-restaurant-in-liguria/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Gambero Rosso International |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Cracco in Galleria – Milan - a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant |url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/lombardia/milano/restaurant/cracco |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=MICHELIN Guide |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Cracco-Milan-Restaurant-50Best Discovery |url=https://www.theworlds50best.com/discovery/Establishments/Italy/Milan/Cracco.html |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=50B - Discovery |language=en}}

Biography

Cracco attended the Pellegrino Artusi institute of hospitality management in Recoaro Terme.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-23|title=Da MasterChef al ristorante in Galleria a Milano: lo chef stellato Carlo Cracco|url=https://ilglobo.com/news/da-masterchef-al-ristorante-in-galleria-a-milano-lo-chef-stellato-carlo-cracco-56003/|access-date=2021-01-11|website=Il Globo|language=it}} After graduating, he worked at the restaurant "Da Remo" in Vicenza. In 1986 he began to collaborate with fellow chef Gualtiero Marchesi in Milan. Later, he worked at the restaurant at "La Meridiana", a resort in the province of Savona. Cracco then lived in France for three years, where he studied French culinary arts.{{Cite web|date=2017-02-11|title=Storia minima di Carlo Cracco|url=http://www.ilpost.it/2017/02/11/carlo-cracco-ospite-sanremo/|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Il Post|language=it-IT}}

After that, Cracco returned to Italy, where he was chef at the Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence. The restaurant was awarded two Michelin stars. Soon Cracco was invited by Gualtiero Marchesi to collaborate once again, this time on the opening of his new restaurant "L'Albereta" in the region of Lombardy, where Cracco worked as chef for three years.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=August 2010|title=Chef Carlo Cracco of Ristorante Cracco - Biography|url=https://www.starchefs.com/cook/chefs/bio/carlo-cracco|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505071518/http://www.starchefs.com:80/cook/chefs/bio/carlo-cracco |archive-date=2011-05-05 |access-date=December 31, 2020|website=}} He then opened a restaurant in the Piedmont region called "Le Clivie", which earned a Michelin star.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-28|title=Chef Carlo Cracco: "Fresco and Delivery"... Ready to Restart celebreMagazine|url=https://www.celebremagazine.world/experience/chef-carlo-cracco-fresco-and-delivery-ready-to-restart/|access-date=2020-12-31|website=celebreMagazine|language=en-US}}

A few years later, Cracco accepted an invitation from the Stoppani family, owners of the Peck marketplace in Milan, to open a new restaurant called "Cracco Peck". He continues to work there today as Executive Chef.[http://www.living24.it/intervista-a-carlo-cracco-chef/0,1254,58_ART_4282,00.html Intervista a Carlo Cracco], Living24. Since 2007, the restaurant has been known simply as "Cracco".{{Cite web|date=2017-11-16|title=Michelin 2018, Niederkofler conquista la terza stella e Cracco perde la seconda|url=https://www.repubblica.it/sapori/2017/11/16/news/guida_michelin_italia_2018_nuove_stelle_presentazione_a_parma-181232494/|access-date=2020-12-31|website=la Repubblica|language=it}} In 2018, the restaurant moved to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and is now known as Cracco in Galleria.{{Cite web |last=Tucker |first=Emma |date=2018-02-27 |title=Cracco restaurant opens in the oldest shopping mall in the world |url=https://thespaces.com/cracco-restaurant-opens-in-the-oldest-shopping-mall-in-the-world/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=The Spaces |language=en-US}}

The Italian food and wine magazine Gambero Rosso gave Cracco's restaurant "three forks" (their highest rating). In 2007, la Repubblica named it one of the 50 best restaurants in the world.[http://d.repubblica.it/argomenti/2011/04/19/foto/50_migliori_ristoranti_mondo_2011-296498/1/ I 50 chef migliori del mondo], la Repubblica.{{Cite web|title=Michelin-starred Chef Carlo Cracco to Open New Restaurant in Milan|url=https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/michelin-starred-chef-carlo-cracco-open-new-restaurant-milan|access-date=2020-12-31|website=ITALY Magazine|language=en}}

In February 2014, Cracco founded a bistro in Milan called "Carlo e Camilla in segheria" ('Carlo and Camilla in the sawmill'), which takes its name from the disused sawmill in which it resides.

In 2011, Cracco began hosting the show MasterChef Italia with Bruno Barbieri, Joe Bastianich and, since 2015, Antonino Cannavacciuolo. Cracco has served as president of the nonprofit organization Maestro Martino since 2012. On 13 February 2013 he appeared at the Sanremo Music Festival, to introduce the artist Annalisa. Cracco was a host on the first and second seasons of Hell's Kitchen Italia on the channel Sky Uno.{{Cite web|last=Morabito|first=Greg|date=2018-11-20|title=Carlo Cracco Is The Final Table's Master of Italian Cuisine|url=https://www.eater.com/2018/11/20/18092356/carlo-cracco-chef-the-final-table|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Eater|language=en}}

He received the America Award of the Italy–USA Foundation in 2019.{{Cite web|last=treart|title=America Award – XI Edition – Fondazione Italia Usa|url=https://www.italiausa.org/premio-america-edizione-2019-2/?lang=en|access-date=2020-12-31|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414180516/https://www.italiausa.org/premio-america-edizione-2019-2/?lang=en|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|date=2019-10-18|title=Recognition of Academic Excellence: JCU Students Receive America Award|url=https://news.johncabot.edu/2019/10/premio-america-award/|access-date=2020-12-31|website=John Cabot University News|language=en}}

Cracco designed a menu for business and premium classes aboard the Milan–Paris Frecciarossa,{{Cite web |last=Tropeano |first=Maurizio |date=11 December 2021 |title=Il Frecciarossa arriva a Parigi e assolda Cracco al ristorante |trans-title=Frecciarossa arrives in Paris and hires Cracco to the restaurant |url=https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2021/12/11/news/il_frecciarossa_arriva_a_parigi_e_assolda_cracco_al_ristorante-1361459/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=La Stampa |language=it}}{{Cite web |last= |date=10 December 2021 |title=Trenitalia collegherà Milano a Parigi dal 18 dicembre con il Frecciarossa |trans-title=Trenitalia will connect Milan to Paris from 18 December with the Frecciarossa |url=https://mobilita.org/2021/12/10/trenitalia-colleghera-milano-a-parigi-dal-18-dicembre-con-il-frecciarossa/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=mobilita.org |language=it-IT}} which was inaugurated on 18 December 2021.{{Cite web |last=Felice |first=Federica |date=26 December 2021 |title=Frecciarossa Torino-Parigi, dopo il debutto tutti i dettagli su orari e tariffe |trans-title=Frecciarossa Turin-Paris: After the debut, all the details on timetables and fares |url=https://www.torinofree.it/news/frecciarossa-torino-parigi-dopo-il-debutto-tutti-i-dettagli-su-orari-e-tariffe.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Torino Free |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=18 December 2021 |title=Il viaggio del primo Frecciarossa Milano-Lione-Parigi |trans-title=The journey of the first Frecciarossa Milan-Lyon-Paris |url=https://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/Fs-viaggio-primo-Frecciarossa-Milano-Lione-Parigi-c712a116-40d6-4846-8103-610e00d9ecb4.html |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Rai News |language=it}} The menu, which costs {{Euro|18}},{{Cite web |last=Raffiotta |first=Stefania |date=17 December 2021 |title=Carlo Cracco firma il menù del nuovo collegamento Frecciarossa Milano-Parigi |trans-title=Carlo Cracco signs the menu of the new Frecciarossa Milan-Paris connection |url=https://milanoevents.it/2021/12/17/carlo-cracco-menu-gourmet/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=milanoevents.it |language=it-IT}} was criticised for its poor quality, prompting Cracco to defend it in the press.{{Cite web |date=13 May 2023 |title=Polemica sul menu firmato Cracco sul Frecciarossa: "Quel tagliere è indegno". Lo chef: "Non controllo ogni treno" |trans-title=Controversy over Cracco's menu on the Frecciarossa: "That cutting board is unworthy". The chef: "I don't check every train." |url=https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/05/13/news/frecciarossa_menu_cracco_polemica_bresaola-399918375/ |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=La Repubblica |language=it}}

Family

Cracco has two daughters from his first marriage, Sveva and Irene. He is currently married to Rosa Fanti, with whom he has two sons, Pietro and Cesare.{{Cite web|title=Masterchef e il mistero della prima moglie: Masterchef e la curiosa "regola" dei quattro fratelli|url=https://www.vicenzatoday.it/blog/carlo-cracco-masterchef-moglie-figli.html|access-date=2021-01-11|website=Vicenza Today|language=it|date=2017-08-16}}{{Cite web|title=Carlo Cracco: "Apro un'azienda agricola in Romagna per ripensare il mio futuro"|url=https://www.corriere.it/cook/news/20_giugno_10/carlo-cracco-apro-un-azienda-agricola-romagna-ripensare-mio-futuro-5694fd0c-aa79-11ea-96b1-0359b9449147.shtml|access-date=2021-01-11|website=Corriere della Sera|language=it|date=2020-10-14}}