Miro Mattalia

The Recognition At its plainest, the accolade is the job: executive leadership at a Turin kitchen associated with Mattalia’s specialty. In a career arc with limited public ornamentation, that role carries authority because it connects leadership to a precise cooking language: Piedmontese tradition, local sourcing, and attention to ingredients that might otherwise slip from view. That title also rests on continuity. He was Chef there until 2017, making the current executive role more than a change in wording; it links him to a place where his regional focus and his interest in forgotten products are part of the work itself.

The Work

Behind It The defining note is traditional Piedmontese cooking with a focus on local sourcing. In practice, that makes place the organizing principle: not a broad claim to Italian cuisine, but a narrower commitment to Piedmontese cuisine as a specialty. His love for forgotten products gives the cooking its sharper edge. That approach does not need a long list of named dishes to be legible; the direction is already specific. Local sourcing is part of the same logic. It keeps the cooking tied to the surrounding supply rather than to abstraction, and it gives the traditional Piedmontese frame a practical discipline. The result is a body of work best understood through restraint: region, product, and sourcing held close together.

The Road Before the current title, Mattalia was Chef at the same Turin venue until 2017. That earlier role places him in the kitchen before his executive-chef recognition and gives the story a clear dated marker. In 2024, he was Head Chef at Cetara in Bangkok. That post adds another precise point to the career path, moving from a chef role in Turin to a head-chef role in Bangkok before the current executive position. The sequence is compact but legible: Chef until 2017, Head Chef in 2024, Executive Chef today. Across those roles, the clearest through-line is Piedmontese cuisine, especially traditional cooking built around local sourcing and a regard for forgotten products.