Italy Restaurant Guide 2025: all the special awards

There are 22 Special Awards in the 2025 edition of the Gambero Rosso Italy Restaurant Guide, including two new ones compared to last year: Chocolate. The surprising pairing and The most beautiful cellar to visit.

The Newcomer of the Year is another accolade for the great Bottura family, with recognition going to Gatto Verde in Modena, while the Emerging Chef is Antonio Lerro of Riva Restaurant at the View Place Hotel, another excellent entry from the Marche region, scoring 84 points.

The best wine lists belong to two restaurants and one trattoria: Il Capanno in Spoleto, already a Tre Gamberi winner. Pascucci al Porticciolo also earns a double award, as one of the seven Tre Forchette in Lazio and this year’s Best dining room service.

Additionally, there are two Best vegetarian proposals, from Campania and Puglia, reflecting how central vegetable gardens are becoming in chefs' thinking. The “historic” Best value for money award has also grown. In the past, it was a selection of no more than 10 establishments across Italy; this year, it includes 20, one for each region, marked with the new “smile” symbol, one of the graphic innovations in the Gambero Rosso Italy Restaurant Guide 2025.

Italy Restaurant Guide 2025 Gambero Rosso: Special Awards

Emerging Chef

Sponsor Acqua Panna - S. Pellegrino

• Antonio Lerro
  Riva Restaurant del View Place Hotel - Numana (AN)

Newcomer of the Year

Sponsor Partesa

• Al Gatto Verde - Modena

Restaurateur of the Year

Sponsor Cantele

• BENEDETTO RULLO | LORENZO STEFANINI | STEFANO TERIGI
  Giglio - Lucca

Best Pasta Dish

Sponsor Pastificio dei Campi

• Osteria Arbustico all'Hotel Royal - Capaccio Paestum (SA)

Best Bread on the Table

Sponsor Petra Molino Quaglia

• Il Colmetto - Rodengo Saiano (BS)

Restaurant Best Promoting Italian EVO Oil

Sponsor Frantoio di Santa Téa

• Campiello - San Giovanni al Natisone [UD]

Tasting Menu of the Year

Sponsor Goeldlin Chef

• CELLULA di Podere Belvedere TuscanyPontassieve (FI)

Best Vegetarian Proposal

Sponsor Consorzio Vini Alto Adige

• Cucina Villana a Villa Fenicia - Ruvo di Puglia (BA)
• Antica Osteria Nonna Rosa - Vico Equense (NA)

Best Pre-Dessert

Sponsor Ice Team 1927 Cattabriga

• Spaghetto cotto in un vino ossidativo, olio al ginepro e scorza di agrumi bruciati ed erbe balsamiche
  Sustanza - Napoli

Pastry Chef of the Year

Sponsor La Bella Estate Vite Colte

• ELENA ORIZIO
  Trattoria Contemporanea - Lomazzo (Co)
• VALENTINA  MARZANO
  Osteria del Viandante - Rubiera (RE)
• ANTONIO COLOMBO - Votavota -Ragusa

Best Wine List

Sponsor Tenuta Sette Ponti

• Del Belbo da Bardon - San Marzano Oliveto (AT)
• Il Capanno - Spoleto (PG)
• Locanda Mammì - Agnone (IS)

Best By-the-Glass Offering

Sponsor Ruggeri & C.

• Villa Maiella - Guardiagrele (CH)

Best Mixed Drinks Offering

Sponsor Bibite Sanpellegrino

• SIMONE CORSINI
  Il Piccolo Principe del Grand Hotel Principe di Piemonte - Viareggio (LU)

Best Spirits List

Sponsor Grappa Ceschia

• Osteria Nuova - Anzio (RM)

Best Dining Room Service

Sponsor Casolaro Hotellerie

• Pascucci al Porticciolo - Fiumicino (RM)

Best Sommelier

Sponsor Roberto Sarotto

• ZAIRA PERACCHIA

No Food Waste

Sponsor Krombacher

• Reis - Cibo Libero di Montagna - Busca (CN)

Best Value for Money

Sponsor Cesari - Valpolicella

• Le Vigneron - Arvier [AO]
• La Locanda del Falco - Valdieri [CN]
• La Loggia Camogli [GE]
• Il Colmetto
• Rodengo Saiano [BS]
• VI.OR di Villa Ormaneto - Cerea [VR]
• Lerchner's in Ruggen San Lorenzo di Sebato/Sankt Lorenzen [BZ]
• Nerodiseppia - Trieste
• L'Osteria dei Frati - Roncofreddo [FC]
• Da Fagiolino - Cutigliano [PT]
• Agra Mater - Colmurano [MC]
• La Risulta - Perugia
• Dogma - Roma
• Zunica 1880 - Civitella del Tronto [TE]
• Locanda Mammì - Agnone [IS]
• Oasis Sapori Antichi - Vallesaccarda [AV]
• Origano Cibo e Vino - Palmariggi [LE]
• Antica Osteria Marconi - Potenza
• Osteria Zero - Taurianova [RC]
• Terrazza Costantino - Sclafani Bagni [PA]
• Amano - Cagliari

Tradition Meets the Future

Sponsor Inalpi

• AGNESE LOSS - Osteria Contemporanea - Gattinara (VC)
• DANIELE REBOSIO - Hostaria Ducale - Genova
• TOMMASO BONSERI CAPITANI - Mountain Lodge del Sunny Valley Kelo Mountain Lodge - Valfurva (SO)
• EMIN HAZIRI - Procaccini Milano - Milano
• CHIARA PANNOZZO - Bue Nero - Verona
• SILVIA BANTERLE - Stilla Colognola ai Colli (VR)
• ELVIS DEDI - San Martino 26 - San Gimignano (SI)
• CARLOTTA DELICATO - Delicato - Contigliano (RI)
• GIANLUCA MANGIAPIA - John Restaurant a Casa Madre - Afragola (NA)
• FRANCESCA BARONE - Fattoria delle Torri - Modica (RG)

Chocolate: The Surprising Pairing

Sponsor Domori

• Crema al cioccolato, lenticchie alla vaniglia e piselli

Cracco in Galleria - Milano

Best Dish with Speck

Sponsor Recla

Anna Stuben dell'Hotel Gardena - Ortisei/Sankt Ulrich in Gröden (BZ)

Most Beautiful Cellar to Visit

Sponsor Esselunga

• La Stüa de Michil dell'Hotel La Perla - Corvara in Badia/Corvara (BZ)