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Villa Feltrinelli at via Rimembranza 38/40 in Gargnano holds two Michelin stars in the 2026 guide for its contemporary cooking. The restaurant sits inside a historic villa on Lake Garda, and Stefano Baiocco leads the kitchen.
Baiocco was born in Ancona in 1973 and trained at Enoteca Pinchiorri, with Alain Ducasse and Pierre Gagnaire, and at el Bulli. Later stops included Mugaritz and, in Japan, Ryugin and Kikunoi. He took over the kitchen here in 2004 and earned the first star in 2007 and the second in 2013. His cooking is light in flavor and particularly attentive to vegetables. He has said he believes gastronomy lives more in the head than in the stomach.
Dinner follows one format, "100% Baiocco", a surprise tasting menu of eight courses. It costs 280 euros per person, drinks excluded, plus a 10% service charge. There is no à la carte at dinner. At lunch the restaurant serves the hotel's à la carte menu, and the gastronomic dining room is closed.
The villa is surrounded by a park of centuries-old trees, olive groves and a lemon house. An aperitif by the lake comes first. Dinner is then served in one of the small private salons or on the outdoor pergola.
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