Convivium

La Credenza, a Michelin-starred restaurant in San Maurizio Canavese, presents itself on the outside with the simple elegance of its beautiful solid wood front door with glass-fusion sculpture by Elio Garis, a contemporary artist from Vigone, surmounted by the hand-painted sign and decorated with two potted plants. Amusing and original is the pan hanging to the side, in which the bell has been inserted in the center. The interiors are strikingly scenic in their choice of materials and combinations, such as the iron floors of the first dining room, introduced by a wooden wave sculpture that serves as a room divider. In more than 30 years of business, Giovanni Grasso and Igor Macchia have led La Credenza Restaurant to the top echelons of haute cuisine. Today, Credenza Group is a brand of excellence and a driving force, present at the ATP Finals in Turin, under whose aegis such prestigious complementary realities as Casa Format, SP 143 and Fiorfood were born. The gastronomic proposal...

"RistOrto" Casa Format is the result of the Responsible Cooking and Hospitality project founded on a zero environmental impact ecosystem operating in Orbassano, in the open countryside but just a stone's throw from Turin, under the auspices of Giovanni Grasso and Igor Macchia's Credenza Group and in collaboration with the Owner of the large designer furniture store next door, Format Progetti Abitativi. The all-wood and glass building, fronted by a swimming pool, with photovoltaic and water-recycling systems that make it self-sufficient and totally environmentally sustainable, has a hi-tech appearance reminiscent of that of a villa in Florida or California. Casa Format's slogan is "responsible cooking and hospitality." So behind the building has sprung up a large vegetable garden with a winter greenhouse, which provides the cooks with raw material all year round, which can be visited and where you can, have an aperitif during the warm season. It is ...