Sapio
At Sapio, Alessandro and Roberta work with produce from their farm and local producers, using each ingredient as fully as possible while keeping water waste and plastic use to a minimum. Their cooking seeks a distinctive sense of place—enriched by thoughtful outside influences yet rooted in Catania, between Etna’s fire and the Ionian Sea—and has earned the restaurant a Michelin star.
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At Sapio, Alessandro and Roberta place Catania at the centre of their cooking. Their ambition is to offer something distinctive to a city shaped by the fire of Etna and the waves of the Ionian Sea, while contributing to its growing reputation as a destination for food and wine.
The restaurant works with produce from its own farm and with local producers, looking beyond Sicily only when an outside influence brings something enriching without disrupting its sense of place. This approach gives the cooking a clear connection to its surroundings, while leaving room for thoughtful interpretation.
Respect for ingredients extends beyond their finest cuts. Sapio makes use of parts that are often discarded, recognising the work involved at every stage of production and seeking to waste as little as possible. That same attentiveness informs the restaurant’s wider redevelopment and sustainability efforts, including reducing water consumption and keeping the use of plastic to a minimum.
Alessandro’s commitment reaches into the vegetable garden and beyond the kitchen itself. Sapio’s Michelin star is part of the restaurant’s story, but its wider purpose is to invite visitors to discover Catania’s artistic character and the singular flavours of its land.
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Piazza Gandolfo Antonino, 11, 95131 Catania CT, Italy
