Chef
Francesco Capece - Mario Ventura
- Discipline
- Chef
- Based in
- Milan, Italy
i. Biography
Francesco Capece - Mario Ventura has been co-founder and pizza chef at Confine in Milan, Italy, from 2022 to present, shaping the restaurant’s identity through a focused devotion to pizza. His work turns on a clear idea executed with elegance and precision, and at the center of it all is Pizza Botox — a signature reinterpretation of quattro formaggi with white fig jam from Cilento — the named expression of his style on the menu.
The Climb
Before Confine in Milan became the setting for his present chapter, Francesco Capece was building his craft one oven and one service at a time. Early in his career, he worked as pizza chef at La Locanda dei Feudi in Pezzano (SA), a period that laid the foundations of a style that would later define his name. The experience suggests the long apprenticeship behind every confident dough stretch and every restrained, exacting finish: a phase of learning in which discipline, repetition, and instinct quietly came together. Today, he is co-founder and pizza chef of Confine (since 2023), where that early rigor has matured into a more assured, contemporary presence, still grounded in the fundamentals of his craft but expressed with a sharper sense of identity.
Today
At the Milan restaurant, Francesco Capece leads the pizza program as co-founder and pizza chef, guiding it with a directness that feels both thoughtful and unforced. The specialty remains unmistakable: pizza, presented not as a side note but as the restaurant’s defining language. Pizza Botox stands as the clearest articulation of his approach — a signature that takes the familiar architecture of quattro formaggi and reimagines it with white fig jam from Cilento, creating a contrast that is at once rich, bright, and memorably specific. In that combination lies the character of his cooking at Confine: refined but accessible, rooted in tradition yet willing to bend it into something distinctly his own.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
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What is Francesco Capece - Mario Ventura's current role?
As of 2026, Francesco Capece - Mario Ventura is Co-founder and pizza Chef.
Where did Francesco Capece - Mario Ventura work before?
Francesco Capece - Mario Ventura's earlier career included La Locanda dei Feudi.
What recognition has Francesco Capece - Mario Ventura received?
Food & Wine Italia Best Pizza Chef Under 35 (2023).
