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Stefano "Steve" Manfredi (born 1954) is an Italian-born chef, author and leading exponent of modern Italian cuisine in Australia. He has opened and operated several restaurants in Sydney since 1983, most notably The Restaurant Manfredi and Bel Mondo (sold in 2002).
With his newest gastronomic tome, veteran chef Stefano Manfredi shows his passion for Italian is feistier than ever. Why buy it? Few people have done more for Italian cuisine in Australia than Stefano Manfredi. Fleeing war-torn Italy in the early ’70s, the chef arrived on Australia’s shores as a young immigrant with his family.
Stefano Manfredi is known fondly in Australia as the ‘godfather’ of modern Italian cuisine. He has made his mark as chef, restaurateur, an inspired coffee blender, successful cookbook and food writer , an Italian Wine and Food educator and an ambassador of seasonality and sustainability.
- 'Sensory Deprivation'
- Nurses Daily Check-In
- Manfredi's Quarantine Food Notes
Complaints over food standards and cleanliness have been rife among returned travellers forced into mandatory hotel quarantine since the end of March. More than 50,000 people have been through the process, which to date has picked up nearly 350 positive COVID-19 tests — nearly 10 per cent of the state's cases. As with all quarantine hotels, the foo...
Manfredi says guests receive daily calls from a psychiatric nurse to check on their mental wellbeing, and there's a phone button that connects directly to a hotline in case of an emergency. "The nurses who ring here understand that it's really tough. "It'd be interesting to see if they've had to evacuate anybody," he says. "I'm sure they have becau...
Food is delivered three times a day. Mr Manfredi says he gets a knock on the door, has to wait 15 to 20 seconds for the delivery person to walk away and then he picks up the box from outside his room. A breakfast dish: "Today's scrambled eggs continued the theme of tasteless food. The chicken sausages seemed to me that someone spilt the canister of...
With a career spanning more than four decades and a string of successful fine-dining establishments, including Osteria Balla and 80s icon The Restaurant under his belt, Stefano Manfredi has swapped white tablecloths for paper napkins with his latest project, PizzAperta.
For the past 28 years, this leading Sydney chef has been making headlines for his modern Italian cooking with his iconic restaurants, bel mondo and Manfredi at Bells.
May 26, 2015 · For Stefano Manfredi, the iconic chef behind Sydney’s Osteria di Balla, the most memorable culinary encounters are those that see regions and seasons take centre stage.
