Federica Continanza

Personal Chef / Chef de Partie – San Gimignano Tuscany

I grew up around the kitchen table, where since I was a child I had fun using the pastry board to knead my first creations and discover the flavors of tradition. Time, the passion for food of every culture and the desire to experiment pushed me to transform my creativity into recipes and to become a professional Chef.

I worked in many restaurants around Italy as a personal chef, savoring and studying the culinary traditions of each place.

Throughout my life I have approached VEGAN COOKING and recipes for food intolerances with particular sensitivity, making them an integral part of my cooking.

Combining traditional and contemporary pleasures, I create a remise en forme for those places that wish to renew their culinary image, such as the historic Florentine place where I currently work.

I have always loved creating sensory experiences related to the world of food for all ages, and I am also currently a teacher at an Apab training institute.

My most creative and fulfilling form of expression is traditional cuisine made as it once was… by hand, united by a touch of originality and reinterpretation.

MY DISHES TELL A STORY, MY LIFE!