Bibliotheca Culinaria has had the privilege of publishing many of Italy’s top chefs. A culinary “dream team,” our authors are among the most influential figures in Italian cuisine. Role models and trend setters, their considerable knowledge, experience and passion are the secret ingredients of our most successful books.

Click on a photograph below to reveal a mini-interview. Inspired by Proust’s famous questionnaire, this rapid-fire interrogation seeks to reveal a little more about the man (or the woman) behind the toque.