Fausto Ferraresi

The Path

Kitchen leadership in Fausto Ferraresi’s record moves from local charge to broader institutional and international work. At Porta del Sasso in Verucchio, he held the head chef role; at Locanda Gambero Rosso in S. Pietro in Bagno, he worked as consultant. Those early placements establish the pattern that follows: responsibility in one room, then another, with technique and judgment carried forward rather than reset. Returning to Italy as chef at Lido Lido in Cesenatico, he kept the same operating range intact across different kitchens, menus, and expectations. The through-line is not a single format, but the ability to work across them. Operational oversight became more explicit in the next phase. Ferraresi became corporate chef at Felice restaurants, then worked with the Santambreus group in New York, a position he held until 2022. From 2022–2024, he served as RSFP Head Chef at American Academy in Rome. Today, Fausto is chef of Da Flavio e Fabrizio "Al Teatro".

The Work Today

The current role at Da Flavio e Fabrizio "Al Teatro" continues the same practical profile: a chef working through adaptation, consistency, and command across differing kitchens and cities. The value in Ferraresi’s record is not a single signature turn, but the accumulated discipline of moving between service environments without losing control of the work.

Signature

Fausto's signature dishes include Tuscan bean soup. That dish sits close to the center of his profile because it reads plainly and without embellishment: Italian, direct, and rooted in familiar store-cupboard cooking rather than display. In a career that spans Verucchio, S. Pietro in Bagno, New York, Cesenatico, and Rome, it marks the kind of dish that carries memory without needing to announce itself.

In Their Words “I am ready to bring my years of international experience and culinary culture to inspire future generations.”

Acclaim

The strongest measure of Ferraresi’s profile is the breadth of kitchens behind that statement. Porta del Sasso in Verucchio, Locanda Gambero Rosso in S. Pietro in Bagno, Ago Restaurant in New York, Palma in New York, Lido Lido in Cesenatico, Felice restaurants, the Santambreus group in New York until 2022, and the RSFP Head Chef post at American Academy in Rome from 2022–2024 all point to a career built on mobility and responsibility. Seen that way, the quote is less a flourish than a summary of working practice: international experience, culinary culture, and the ability to carry both into future service.