iannotti chef

Giuseppe Iannotti was born in 1982. He attended the scientific high school that led him to study computer engineering.

In 2007 he interrupted his studies to follow his passion and open a restaurant in Castelvenere, which already bore the name "Krèsios". Shortly thereafter, a speciality delicatessen shop (Krèsios Bottega, in Telese Terme) was inaugurated. In 2011 the two projects were merged and moved under one roof, that of a family farm, just outside Telese, the current Krèsios is today a gourmet restaurant. From 2022, at the headquarters in Naples' Gallerie and Intesa San Paolo, Luminist, Anthill, and 177toledo were born.

iannotti chef

In 2012 he was awarded the prize of best young chef by Le Guide de L'Espresso.

In 2013 he joined the Jeunes Restaurateurs d'Europe (JRE) association, he won the 'Twenty Years' Award' given by San Pellegrino to an emerging star on the Italian gastronomic scene during the Identità Golose congress and got his first Michelin star. In 2017 he won the Innovation in Kitchen Award for Le Guide de L'Espresso. Alfredo Buonanno, maître of Krèsios, was awarded best sommelier of the year by the Guida de L'Espresso Ristoranti 2018. He got the second Michelin star in 2021.