Engel Ayurpura appoints New Chef

NOVA LEVANTE, Italy - Aug. 30, 2024 - PRLog -- Mauro Massei has joined Engel Ayurpura (https://ayurpura.hotel-engel.com), the only authentic Ayurveda retreat in the Italian Dolomites, as the new head chef with immediate effect.

He joins from the Paradiso Pure Living Hotel in Bolzano where as head chef for over two years he developed a complete repertoire of vegan menus.

Carmen Kohler, owner and Wellness Concierge of Engel Ayurpura, said: 'we are delighted to have persuaded Massei to join our team. His understanding of Ayurvedic cuisine and vegan lifestyle is in perfect alignment to our guest requirements.'

Born in Treia in February 1983, he graduated from Italy's Istituti Professionali del Settore Servizi Alberghieri e Ristorazione in the Marche region in 2002. After working locally, his first head chef role came in 2014 at Ristorante Il Casino del Marchese in Jesi. Since then he has worked in luxury resort hotels and restaurants across Italy.

Believing a plant-based diet to be better for humans and the planet, he began to create his own recipes. His talent is evident in the flavoursome, healthy vegetarian-ayurvedic fusion menus unique to Engel Ayurpura.

In 2016 he became a committed vegan and when not in the kitchen he can be found  hiking in the surrounding countryside where he feels at peace and at one with nature.

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Engel Ayurpura, launched in November 2023, is in Nova Levante, 20km from Bolzano in Italy's Sud Tirol. Sleek and sophisticated and stylish the Ayurveda retreat, reserved exclusively for adults, blends beautifully into the landscape and makes the most its south-facing aspect. Owned and managed by the Kohler family since 1830, Engel Ayurpura is an associate of but separate from the 46-room Hotel Engel, an established family resort. Bolzano Airport is 30 minutes' drive; Verona and Innsbruck Airports are 1¾ and 2 hours respectively.