'Cooking Is Art': Zefyr Life Spends Time in Capri with Acclaimed Chef Luigi Lionetti

LONDON - Sept. 19, 2016 - PRLog -- For the first of this new film series 'Cooking Is Art', Zefyr Life went to Capri to meet Monzù's Executive Chef Luigi Lionetti. Zefyr Life brings you inside Punta Tragara Hotel, the only five-star hotel on the island of Capri, and inside the kitchen of its acclaimed Chef to understand what makes cooking an art.

'When we arrived, what struck us was the kindness and love that Chef Lionetti exudes, said Lina Daugirdaite, Zefyr Life's Co-Founder and Creative Director. 'It is clear that this is where his magic comes from. The Great painter Henri Matisse once said 'Nothing can be accomplished without love''.

Florian David, Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of Zefyr Life, added: 'This series wants to go beyond the mere recipes. We are not interested as much in the food as in the reasons why these Chefs are reaching such a level of artistic mastery; we seek to uncover the creative humans behind the Chefs, their artistic souls.

About Luigi Lionetti: Luigi Lionetti is the Executive Chef of Monzù Restaurant at Punta Tragara Hotel in Capri, the only five star hotel on the mythical island. His passion for cooking was born from watching his uncle cook traditional dishes. He went on to study at the De Cecco Institute prior to working with his mentor, two Michelin-starred Chef Gennaro Esposito.

About Punta Tragara: In 1920 the Lombardy-born engineer Emilio Errico Vismara chose spectacular Punta Tragara as the perfect spot to build a villa, perched high above the sea with views of the Faraglioni rock formations. The plans were drawn up by Le Corbusier, who described the villa as "a kind of architectural bloom, an extension of the rock, an offspring of the island, a plant-like phenomenon". It was only natural, then, that Villa Vismara should play a key role in history a few years later when it became home to the American command during the Second World War. Its eminent guests included General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Mark Clark and Sir Winston Churchill. Peace brought all the joie de vivre of the Dolce Vita to Capri, and in 1968 Count Goffredo Manfredi bought the villa as a holiday home, turning it into a hotel in 1973. Hotel Punta Tragara has enjoyed extraordinary growth ever since, reaching the pinnacle of hospitality on Capri as its five-star luxury status attests today.

About Zefyr Life: Zefyr Life features intimate conversations with talented personalities whose lives are defined by uncompromising freedom, pioneering creativity and willpower. Personalities who believe that our lives can be designed and that the world can be changed if we first change ourselves. In today's interconnected world, change can happen faster than ever. Zefyr Life wants to encourage people to 'Think big, because the world is small'.

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