May 5, 2024 | 2.41pm
“Your fame and your art will continue to live on in your children, in your students and in all of us who today feel like we have lost a piece of our territory” writes the governor of Piedmont in a post
Governor Cirio also addressed the passing of Cesare Giaccone.
We report what was written in a post on social media: “I grew up in the myth of Cesare di Albaretto, I, a young Langhe who lived in Sinio not far from his historic restaurant, where it all began.
For us Cesare Giaccone was almost a mythological figure, not a traditional chef – we still called them that then, today we would say chef -, but a genius, an artist, a man who transformed your lunch or dinner into a unique experience and for certain mysterious and exciting verses.
And Cesare did this with his way of being, with his face, his expressions, his stories that transformed a dish almost into a novel.
We owe a lot to him, as Piedmontese and as Italians. To him who was the first in Piedmont and one of the first in Italy to believe in the excellence of our traditional catering, respecting agricultural products, nature and the seasons. At Cesare’s you ate what he said, because only he knew how to tell you what was best on that particular day. And at Cesare they booked from one year to the next to find a place, from all parts of Europe and then the world.”
“Dear Cesare, how much we will miss you, but your fame and your art will continue to live on in your children, in your students and in all of us who today feel like we have lost a piece of our territory. Hello great master, or rather: hello, Cesare di Albaretto” concludes Cirio.
