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Over the past decade, our little corner of Southwest Florida has emerged as a hub of fine dining, brought about by an influx of wildly creative international talent.
T hey’ ve come from Italy. They’ ve come from France. They’ ve uprooted their lives and brought their chef’ s hats, aprons and knives from Canada, Spain and Asia. The reason? To make Naples one of the most-sought after, mouth-watering food cities in
North America.
And so far, it seems to be working. A few years ago, internationallytrained chefs helped get Naples onto Condé Nast Traveler’ s prestigious list of 20 of America’ s Best Food Cities. For 2017, it seems the future is even brighter flavoured and fresher tasting.
From the so-traditional-Maman-could-have-made-it French experience created by fifth generation cuisinier Sébastien Maillard at Le Lafayette, to the complex feats of provençale cooking presented by Chef Claudio Scaduto at Côte D’ Azur, Naples is officially a foodie haven.
“ Naples is the best place to live in Florida when you’ re retired. The town offers the highest quality of life and the best climate. That’ s why Naples attracts more restaurateurs,” says Scaduto, whose Côte D’ Azur was cited amongst Condé Nast’ s favorite Neapolitan restaurants, along with I. M. Tapas, Inca’ s Kitchen and Truluck’ s Seafood, Steak and Crab House. Trained at L’ école Hôtelière de Nice, Scaduto had already made a name for himself before he landed in Naples, with his first restaurant in Monaco, Le Vesuvio, and at several Zagat-rated, highly reviewed outfits in New York City.
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