Mattia Bartoli

Career Since 2023, Mattia Bartoli has served as Executive Chef at Villa Cortine Palace in Lake Garda, Italy, Each step adds scope rather than noise, building a career through responsibility, control, and consistency.

The Climb

Training at IPSSAR Caterina de medici desenzano del Gard gave Mattia Bartoli the practical base that hospitality schools are meant to provide: discipline, rhythm, and attention to procedure. That formation shows in the way his career has moved, from kitchen floors to the demands of leadership. The head-chef post at La Lepre in 2022 marks the point where that training met day-to-day command, with timing and execution carrying as much weight as intent.

Today

Since 2023, Mattia Bartoli has led the kitchen as Executive Chef at Villa Cortine Palace in Lake Garda, Italy. The title signals a shift from running a station-level operation to setting culinary direction. In a place like Villa Cortine Palace, that means the kitchen has to do more than function well; it has to speak clearly through its choices. Bartoli’s role sits at that level, where structure, restraint, and decision-making define the work.

Signature

Mattia's signature dishes include Spaghettone with citrus garum. The plate says a lot with limited moving parts: a substantial pasta format set against the sharper register of citrus garum. That kind of pairing depends on balance and control, with neither element left to blur the other. It reads as deliberate cookery, direct in flavor and measured in effect.

Recognition

The strongest career marker is the move from a head-chef role in 2022 to an executive-chef appointment in 2023. Those dates map a steady rise: first leading a kitchen directly, then taking on a wider brief the following year. At Villa Cortine Palace in Lake Garda, Italy, that progression reflects trust earned through training and through the consistency of the work itself.