Chef

Matteo Panfilio

Executive Chef, Aman Venice

Discipline: Chef
Venue: Aman Venice · Hotel

Portrait of Matteo Panfilio

i. Biography

At Aman Venice, Matteo Panfilio is Executive Chef, and the job is built around timing, polish, and control of service. In a house where dining is part of the room’s entire register, the kitchen has to support the pace of the property without breaking it. The work asks for precision, restraint, and the ability to keep the table moving with a steady hand.

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Where They Are Now

As Executive Chef at Aman Venice, Panfilio is responsible for the kitchen’s daily standard and its measured rhythm. The role is less about spectacle than about consistency: service has to land cleanly, the room has to feel composed, and the food has to hold its place inside that larger frame. In that setting, Matteo Panfilio’s work is about maintaining the cadence guests expect while keeping the kitchen exact.

Career - Executive Chef — Aman Venice, Italy

Signature

Matteo's signature dishes include Palazzo Kitchen Table. It is the kind of signature that ties a chef’s name to a particular reading of place and service, giving the kitchen a fixed point the room can return to. That is often how a signature functions in a house like this: as a dish that carries identity without needing to announce itself.

Honors

The title attached to Matteo Panfilio is Executive Chef at Aman Venice (Venice, Italy), and that is the clearest marker of his place in the house. In Venice, where hospitality is read through detail and pace, the role signals responsibility for the kitchen’s standard as much as its output. It is a position that depends on steadiness, attention, and the ability to keep elegance operational night after night.

FAQ What is Matteo Panfilio's current role? Matteo Panfilio is Executive Chef. What is Matteo Panfilio known for? Regional produce with a contemporary twist on the classics.