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Antonello Colonna: the new projects from Hotel da Incubo to Openbistrò
Antonello Colonna: the new projects from Hotel da Incubo to Openbistrò

Video: Antonello Colonna: the new projects from Hotel da Incubo to Openbistrò

Video: Antonello Colonna: the new projects from Hotel da Incubo to Openbistrò
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Antonello Colonna on Whatsapp it is called W Argo, looking at the green icon that makes my phone vibrate and feeling inadequate is automatic: my name is only Rossella, and I put the photo of the cat in the icon.

"W Argo" needs no introduction, he is the eighth king of Rome, unlike the 7 colleagues who preceded him, more alive and active than ever. And very modern: the other day connected to Periscope, the Twitter app to broadcast live footage taken with the smartphone, I previewed the "making of" of the spot that will launch the Italian edition of Hotel Hell, the TV series where Gordon Ramsay, in the style of Kitchen Nightmares, saves hotels on the verge of bankruptcy.

In Italy it will be called Nightmare hotel ”And he is the Italian Ramsay, Antonello Colonna.

Antonello Colonna, Nightmare Hotel
Antonello Colonna, Nightmare Hotel

A concentrate of cunning, practical sense, slightly disguised arrogance and genius, Colonna - archetype of the entrepreneur chef - appeared to those of Endemol as the natural candidate for the role.

The minimum biography tells us about it as a cook with a white hat, a torcione and a parannanza at the time of the restaurant with the red door in Labìco; deus ex machina by Open Column under the window covering the terrace of the PalaExpo in Rome, a large bright space for breakfasts, aperitifs, lunches, social events; hotelier as well as farmer, patron and trainer of the Vallefredda Resort, ultra modern structure with hotel, spa and restaurant on 20 hectares of cultivated land in the Roman countryside. (Attention: we will update the bio later).

Will he be as credible as the Antonino Cannavacciuolo of the hotels?

Ask Alessandro Pipero, the pupil who in 9 years of apprenticeship got several lectures because he was "a bit undisciplined" (Pipero, whose namesake restaurant is now one of the best in the capital, has become a famous host, find his amusing aphorisms known as "piperisms" in the book "You eat by the touch").

But Colonna will not be only the inflexible censor, in the nightmare hotel we will see him train the staff to transform expectations into efficiency and speed, messed up menus into triumphs of taste, complicated and tacky dishes into refined delicacies. And again: shifts organization, expense management, personnel selection.

Antonello Colonna, a nightmare hotel
Antonello Colonna, a nightmare hotel
Deejay tv, nightmare hotel
Deejay tv, nightmare hotel

Broadcasting scheduled for October on Deejay TV, channel 9 of the remote control, which the battleship Discovery has just transformed into ambitious generalist TV.

He also made a vegetable garden in Fiumicino

That for the vegetable garden is another Colonna passion ahead of its time.

In Vallefredda, Michelin starred since 2014, chef Alessandro Proietti Refrigeri, for 4 2 years collaborator of Rene Redzepi in the award-winning Noma in Copenhagen, 4 hectares converted to biodynamic agriculture supply the resort (and also the Open at Palazzo delle Esposizioni).

alessandro proietti
alessandro proietti

But recently, and here we update again the biography of the entrepreneur chef, Colonna has planted a vegetable garden, two to be exact, even inside Fiumicino. They are the gardens of Openbistrò, inaugurated last May at Terminal 1 of Fiumicino airport, to be precise Gate B7.

Every day from 11 to 22 seasonal buffets with an "all you can eat" style formula at 18 euros per person, drinks not included. And then the last cigarette before the flight, since the gardens are also the only smoking areas in the entire airport.

Openbistrò, Fiumicino, Colonna
Openbistrò, Fiumicino, Colonna
Openbistrò, Colonna, vegetable garden
Openbistrò, Colonna, vegetable garden
Anotello column Openbistrò, fiumicino
Anotello column Openbistrò, fiumicino

"Only after check-in can you do business", he says slyly, winking at the middle of his soul as a businessman.

Then there is Priceless which closes in October with a grand finale

We have already talked about it, from May 1st to October 31st many things happen in Milan, one of the initiatives parallel to the Expo bears the signature of the volcanic Colonna: it is Priceless, a temporary super restaurant wanted by Mastercard, transparent architecture, 24 exclusive seats on the roof of Palazzo Beltrami with an exciting view of Piazza della Scala.

Antonello Colonna who opened the dance, alternates over the months with 35 chefs from the JRE association (Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe), but keeps all of the last week to himself, promising grand finale surprises.

Priceless, Milan
Priceless, Milan
Priceless, Milan
Priceless, Milan

In summary, so as not to get confused: at the moment Antonello Colonna is:

Antonello Colonna (and that's it) on the rooftop of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, 1 Michelin star (historic).

Antonello Colonna Open, at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome.

Antonello Colonna resort & s.p.a. (where spa stands for salus per acqua) in Labìco in the Vallefredda park, 1 Michelin star, new for 2015.

Antonello Colonna Openbistrò in Fiumicino.

A. A. A.: But still no one knows that at Fiumicino Colonna airport has a pied à terre before check-in, the cafeteria and champagneria Santée Gourmet, which will have to be kept an eye on from September.

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