Cracco Peck

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Cracco Peck is a restaurant in Milan, Italy. The chef is Carlo Cracco.

The chef Carlo Cracco is regarded as many as the supreme exponant of Italian Cusine. His roots are in classic Italian cuisine.

He worked as a young chef for Alain Ducasse in Monaco, refining his culinary skills with the precise defined touch of French cuisine. He had also spent time with Italy's great chef Gualtiero Marchesi (considered the inventor of Italian Modern Cuisine and the first in the country to be rewarded with 3 Micelin stars) for whom he opened in 1993 "Ristorante Gualtiero Marchesi" in Erbusco, in the Franciacorta wine region, south of Lake Iseo. He also worked for Enoteca Pinchiorri (Florence) in their satellite-restaurant in Tokyo. This is where he learnt about oriental cuisine.

He has merged all these influences with his own drive for perfection and innovative cooking and thus developed his own unique style. Carlo Cracco has got this never ending drive for innovation. He is always on the search for new ratios and combinations of textures and flavors from every where in the world. Then he adds his genius sense for flavor ratios and combinations, whilst never forgetting his Italian roots.

His specialities include white truffle dishes and risottos.

The restaurant was voted 43rd best in the world in Restaurant (magazine) Top 50 2008.