“Fine dining today, as we conceive it and as it is evolving, is the representation and expression – even artistically if you will – of a place that must be clearly narrated. When I think of a chef working in this sense, Virgilio Martinez comes to mind. We went to visit him in Peru and I almost started crying when he told me that what we were doing in Venice was similar to his work.”

Chiara Pavan

We had already covered Venice a little over a year ago, talking about the excellent Donato Ascani and his restaurant Glam housed inside Palazzo Venart. But today we are moving, not too far, to delve into the heart of the lagoon with a destination on the island of Mazzorbo and reach Venissa, the wine resort that has been home to one of the most vibrant Italian culinary couples for several seasons, formed by the Veronese Chiara Pavan and the Treviso-born Francesco Brutto, aged thirty-eight and thirty-four, respectively.