Silvio Bessone with Maestro Gualtiero Marchesi guests of the Academy of Italian Cuisine.

I am deeply moved by the passing of the great Maestro Gualtiero Marchesi. A man of great gastronomic culture and knowledge. A Man of style and frankness who disdained easy solutions and tricks of cleverness. World Cuisine loses one of the greatest interpreters of gastronomic culture. I owe him thanks for all the advice and teaching he has given me in over 30 years of knowledge. We were not close friends but I esteemed him and he repeatedly showed me his appreciation. I shared ethical battles with him, and he defended me when dastardly colleagues accused me of washing the dirty laundry of the category in public!

A REAL MAN; nothing will ever be the same again.

Thank you Master!!!