#10: Simone Cantafio of La Stüa de Michil.
The Best Meal of Your Ski Trip Is in the Italian Alps
What happens when a chef trained by Gualtiero Marchesi, shaped by 11 years with Michel and Sébastien Bras in France, and transformed by years in Hokkaido lands in a UNESCO World Heritage mountain village in the Italian Dolomites?
You get La Stüa de Michil — a one-Michelin-star kitchen at Hotel La Perla in Corvara, Alta Badia, where Chef Simone Cantafio turns local Alpine ingredients into something that doesn't fit neatly into any category.
In Episode 10 of the Eat Drink Fun Podcast - part of the Ski Somm Dolomites Edition series - I sit down with Chef Cantafio to talk about his mentors, his philosophy of restraint, the Incö table — a daily-changing menu built entirely around what farmers bring that morning — and why the Dolomites became his creative home.
If you've ever wondered whether world-class dining and serious skiing can coexist as equal parts of the same experience, this episode answers that question.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
02:06 Mentors & Influences
07:03 Nature - The Dolomites
13:43 Incö - Today
18:20 Stars & Priorities
21:06 Wines & Somms
26:25 Guest Expectations
28:51Corvara
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🏨 Hotel La Perla, Corvara:
https://www.laperlacorvara.it/en
🍽️ La Stüa de Michil:
https://www.laperlacorvara.it/en/eat/la-stua-de-michil-simone-cantafio
📖 Incö — La terra è viva (Chef Cantafio's book):
https://www.amazon.it/Inc%C3%96-terra-viva-italiana-inglese/dp/8877922249
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