- Italian chef Martino Ruggieri
- Ruggieri's signature meat dish, 'Il Trullo'. The name is an homage to the 'trulli', traditional Apulian dry stones hut with a conical roof.
- Italy deserves the Olympic podium. We've always made the mistake in attempting to replicate a French, high-sounding cuisine but we need to impose the Italian style, a blend of tradition, creativity and innovation. Martino Ruggieri
- Mathew Peters and Harrison Turone winners of the Bocuse d'Or 2017 for the US