THEyou were, Monday 10 October, Sophia Loren has inaugurated the second restaurant of the chain dedicated to her. After the opening last year in Florence, the Sophia Loren Restaurant – Original Italian Food is now open to the public as well Milan. More precisely in via Cesare Cantù 3, a few steps from the Duomo.
Sophia Loren at the opening of her Sophia Loren Restaurant, October 10, 2022 in Milan. Credit: Pietro D’Aprano / Getty Images
A dinner with Sophia Loren
At the inauguration of this new restaurant, the cinema icon herself attended an exclusive dinner with some friends and guests.
Among them there was also Madalina GheneaRomanian actress and model who played Loren in Ridley Scott’s latest effort, House of Gucci.
Madalina Ghenea and Sophia Loren, at the opening of the Sophia Loren Restaurant, in Milan. Credit: Press Office – Francesca Tinagli
But not only. This partnership signed between the diva and the company Dream Food (chaired by Luciano Cimmino, an entrepreneur already at the helm of the group Holding pianoto which brands such as Yamamay And Carpisa) provides for the opening of other restaurants both in Italy and abroad. A real chain of clubs focused on her.
An area of 400 square meters
The 150-seat Milanese space was designed by Studio of Architecture and Engineering Redaelli and associatesin collaboration with Costa Group. 400 square meters and a subdivision into three main rooms: the first, dedicated to the cocktail & wine bar and the other two to the restaurant.
Clearly the Sophia Loren – Original Italian Food has a proposal that goes to fish in the culinary tradition of our country. An example? Well, can not miss the pizzasigned by Francesco Martucciawarded as the best pizza chef in the world for four consecutive years.
The interior of Sophia Loren’s restaurant in Milan. Credit: Francesca Tinagli Press Office
The president of Dream Food and of Yamamay And Carpisa, Luciano Cimmino, has explained. “The opening plan of this ambitious and innovative project started in 2014 continues with Milan, chosen as the second stage of our journey to share a piece of the Neapolitan culinary tradition with both the Milanese and the passing tourists“.
And he assured. “Sophia Lorenmuse of the project, chosen for her Mediterranean character with a charisma that goes beyond any geographical and generational boundary, will continue to accompany us on this path which includes a plan of openings in Italy and abroad. The next stop will be Bari with opening scheduled by the end of the year “.
Sophia Loren: “This project contains some of the things I love most”
The center of everything is her. The world cinema icon is back in acting in 2020 with Life ahead of him, directed by Edoardo Ponti. The film earned a nomination as Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globe and led to the victory of the same award Laura Pausini, Diane Warren and Niccolò Agliardi for I do (Seen)part of the film’s soundtrack. This song also earned an Oscar nomination how Best Original Song.
Speaking of the launch of this new restaurant, Sophia Loren admitted. «I immediately embraced this project with great enthusiasm because contains some of the things I love most: Italian and Neapolitan cuisine, moments of sharing around a table with my family and friends and then several of the characters I played are in some way linked to cooking“.
And he concluded so. «I’m happy that the journey continues with Milan because it is an extraordinary city“.
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