Maestro Giuseppe Basso in the kitchen. The Locanda Lorena on Palmaria Island off the coast of Portovenere. The Locanda Lorena water taxi shuttles guests to the restaurant. But it was the Locanda, launched well after these earlier successes, that would catapult him into the restaurant stratosphere. But beyond doing his job with love, Basso feels a reason the restaurant clicked from the start was because he had a devoted clientele, both famous and not, from his Portovenere restaurant.

Source: Forbes July 18, 2019 12:22 UTC