Since 2000, Niko Romito has been running the restaurant Reale with his sister, Cristiana. A self-taught chef, deeply attached to his native Abruzzo, in just 7 years he has earned three Michelin stars. He began in the town of Rivisondoli, in the bakery that his family had turned into a trattoria, and in 2011 he moved Reale to Casadonna, a 16th-century former monastery in Castel di Sangro. Through relentless research and a strong entrepreneurial drive, Romito pursued a path of essentiality, balance and taste. In a short time he has been able to create an incisive and personal culinary language, along with a complex system that perfectly combines haute cuisine, various catering formats, top-level training and products for home consumption.
“It is often said of my cooking that it’s simple. This is very true, in the sense that it lacks complication, yet there is a considerable complexity. Complexity in cooking can be beneficial, complication never”. Simplicity is the cardinal principle of Niko Romito, both as a man and a chef. His passions are the works of Mario Giacomelli and Ettore Spalletti, the sprawling spaces of the Abruzzo highlands, natural materials like stone, wood and iron. If he had not become a chef he would have been an architect.
From the outset, Cristiana Romito has been indispensable in Niko’s ‘system’. The two siblings are inseparable. As General Manager of Casadonna, named by the Guida di Identità Golose (2012) as Best Italian Maître D’, she runs the young team of the Reale dining room along with sommelier Gianni Sinesi. Moving in perfect harmony, always in dialogue with the kitchen, Cristiana, Gianni and the floor staff make every seating an experience of choreographed precision.
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Piana Santa Liberata – 67031, Castel di Sangro (AQ)
Phone +39 0864 69382 – Fax +39 0864 840610
Reale: info@ristorantereale.it
Events: eventi@ristorantereale.it
Casadonna: info@casadonna.it – comunicazione@casadonna.it
Closing days: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at lunch
Piana Santa Liberata – 67031, Castel di Sangro (AQ)
Tel +39 0864 840610 – Fax +39 0864 840610
info@nikoromitoformazione.com
Closed: Saturday and Sunday
R.R.Srl
Viale Regina Elena, 49 – 67036, Rivisondoli (AQ)
Vat 01352350662
Job offers: n. 2 people for Reale’s dining room.
To apply for these positions or to submit your CV for general consideration please write an email to recruiting@nikoromito.com. Candidates must speak Italian.
We will consider only CV’s received at this email address.
From Rome GRA (Grande Raccordo Anulare) – Time: 2 hours – Distance: 200 km, follow directions to Autostrada A24/25 to Pescara – Exit: Sulmona-Pratola Peligna, follow directions to Napoli (Naples), then Castel di Sangro
From Naples Tangenziale – Time: 1h 30m – Distance: 136 km, follow directions to Autostrada A1 to Rome – Exit: Caianello, follow directions to: Isernia, then Castel di Sangro
From Pescara – Time: 1h 15m – Distance: 123 km, follow directions to Autostrada A25 to Rome – Exit: Sulmona-Pratola Peligna, follow Directions to: Napoli (Naples), then Castel di Sangro
From Rome Fiumicino airport – Time: 2h 30m – Distance: 236 km, follow directions to Autostrada A24/25 to Pescara – Exit: Sulmona-Pratola Peligna, follow directions to: Napoli (Naples), then Castel di Sangro
From Naples Capodichino airport – Time: 1h 30m – Distance: 136 km, follow directions to Autostrada A1 to Rome – Exit: Caianello, follow directions to: Isernia, then Castel di Sangro
From Pescara airport – Time: 1h 15m – Distance: 123 km, follow directions to: Autostrada A25 to Rome – Exit: Sulmona-Pratola Peligna, follow directions to: Napoli (Naples), then Castel di Sangro
From Naples to Castel di Sangro
Helicopter Type: AS350 – Configuration: Pilot+5 VIP passenger seats
(See attached technical info sheet)
HOVERFLAY (http://www.hoverfly.it/)
Flight time: 25m
From Rome to Castel di Sangro
Helicopter Type: AS365N2 – Configuration: Pilot+ 8 VIP passenger seats
(See attached technical info sheet)
ESPERIA Helicopters (http://www.esperia-aviation.it/)
Flight time: 30m
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