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Chef Gonzalo Luzarrage launches pricey new restaurant in Parsons Green

The fine dining Italian restaurant at 277 New King Road is run by chef-owner Gonzalo Luzarraga, and alongside its a la carte menu, offers set menus including an Alba Black Truffle Menu priced £88 a head and a Tasting Menu at £78 per person.

Chef Gonzalo spent his childhood in Piedmont, on the French Italian border and Rigo means a journey of rigorous research in Piedmontese.

He worked under a number of well known chefs including French legend Alain Ducasse at the three-Michelin-starred Louis XV in Monaco, and Walter Eynard, the one-time owner of two-starred Flipot in Piedmont, at his restaurant in Turin. He also helped to win Michelin stars at Le Clivie, also in Piedmont and at Kuchlmasterei Project in Vienna.

When launching Rigo, he said he he saw it as the place where his past experiences and influences could come together.

The restaurant aimed to chronicle his childhood in Piedmont and explore modern Italian fine dining, using seasonal ingredients. 

 

Matching wines will also be available for every dish, along with a selection of cocktails such as Rigo’ twist by Federico G Dadone, which features royal Aperol spritz, with Champagne, vermouth and a bespoke pomegranate and basil tonic, and the Mentha Margherita of freshly juiced mint leaves a la minute.

Gonzalo Luzarraga says: "I remember my father, while fishing, giving me my first sea urchin as a child, and to this day it’s still a dish I see as an old friend; the recipe is much more than words on the page, it’s a moment in time, a personal narrative about me and the dish which has developed over the years.

"Travelling has allowed me to add chapters to that story, full of new ingredients and techniques from Russia and South America to Asia and beyond. Rigo’ will be a culmination of those experiences – my journey on a plate."

You can find out more and, if your wallet is up to it, make a reservation at Rigo's website.

July 14, 2017