The Best Restaurants in Piedmont – Michelin Star Restaurants of 2020

Piedmont Restaurants

It was during the third mouthful of one of the most spectacular desserts that I have ever eaten when I thought to myself, “wow, we are really fortunate to have such amazing restaurants here in Piedmont“. The dish in question was called “Nocciola, Nocciola, Nocciola” and it can be found at the Michelin star Cannavacciuolo Bistrot Turin by celebrity TV chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo, open more than two years now in the Gran Madre zone of Turin. The entire meal was outstanding, including the service and the wine, and my wife and I left feeling very satisfied having had not just a meal but an exquisite dining experience that we will continue to talk about for weeks.

We are not the only ones to recognize the special dining opportunities here. In fact, in the 2019 Michelin Guide, five Piedmont restaurants were newly awarded the prestigious Michelin star for dining excellence. Cannavacciuolo received a well-deserved one for each of his restaurants, Cannavacciuolo Bistrot Turin and Cannavacciuolo Cafè & Bistrot Novara. The other three restaurants selected were Locanda del Sant’Uffizio by chef Enrico Bartolini in Cioccaro (near Asti), and Spazio 7 and Carignano, both in Turin.

In an update for the 2020 Michelin Guide, one restaurant, La Madernassa (near Alba), was newly awarded two stars for chef’s Michelangelo Mammoliti creative approach to traditional Piedmontese cuisine using especially products from the restaurants own garden. Additionally, three restaurants gained their first Michelin star: Atelier (Domodossola, Condividere (in the Nuvola Lavazza complex in Torino which we wrote about here) and Fre (Monforte d’Alba) while Al Sorriso was bumped from two stars down to one star.

Michelin starred restaurants are typically considered the best of the best, and of these, Italy has the second-most in the world after France, and within Italy, an amazing forty-six Michelin starred restaurants can be found just in Piedmont. Thus, you have plenty of options for having an exceptional dining experience and the list continues to grow.

Michelin stars

What does a Michelin star mean exactly? Michelin (yes, the French tire company) publishes an annual guide book that provides a hotel and restaurant reference guide and awards from one to three stars to a small, select group of restaurants as recognition of the high quality of their cooking. To receive a Michelin star is a very prestigious honour and is greatly sort after by all the top and rising talented chefs. The Michelin reviewers are anonymous and concentrate on the quality, mastery of technique, personality, and consistency of the food, not on the restaurant itself.

Per Michelin, the stars are classified as follows:

One star⭐: A good place to stop on your journey, indicating a very good restaurant in its category, offering cuisine prepared to a consistently high standard.

Two stars⭐⭐: A restaurant worth a detour, indicating excellent cuisine and skillfully and carefully crafted dishes of outstanding quality

Three stars⭐⭐⭐: A restaurant worth a special journey, indicating exceptional cuisine where diners eat extremely well, often superbly. Distinctive dishes are precisely executed, using superlative ingredients.

In Piedmont, you have the rare opportunity to experience a Michelin three-star restaurant at Piazza Duomo of Alba. (See below for the details). If that is a bit out of your league, don’t worry, there are also four restaurants with two stars and a further forty with one star.

We have included a partial list below with links to the websites of the restaurants and Google Maps so that you can find directions and research them easier. If you would like to explore the restaurants on the Michelin site, you can find the link here.

We hope you enjoy your dining experience in Piedmont and please tell us about it in the comments section below.

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Map of Michelin Starred Restaurants in Piedmont

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⭐⭐⭐ Michelin 3 Star Restaurants Piedmont

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⭐⭐ Michelin 2 Star Restaurants Piedmont

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⭐ Michelin 1 Star Restaurants Piedmont

NEW for 2020

NEW for 2019

EXISTING

Given that there are forty-one, one-star restaurants from Piedmont in the Michelin Guide, we won’t include them all here but you can see them for yourself on the Michelin site using the following link or check them out on our map above.

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