Simone Zanoni
Italian chef at Le George in Paris, cookbook author and the creator behind Casa Zanoni, sharing pasta recipes, family cooking and the pleasures of Italian food.
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- From
- Salò, Lombardy, Italy
- Work
- Chef, cookbook author and cooking creator
- Paris kitchen
- Chef of Le George since September 2016
- Online breakthrough
- Casa Zanoni’s home-cooking videos during the pandemic
Mini bio
How it started.
Simone grew up in a farming family near Lake Garda, learning to cook with his grandmother. Making cheese and preparing tortellini were part of family life. At 18, he left Italy for London to learn English and build a career in kitchens.
From London to Paris.
He worked at Aubergine and across Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant group before leading kitchens in London and at the Trianon Palace in Versailles. In September 2016 he became chef of Le George in Paris. The restaurant earned a Michelin star in 2017.
Cooking from home.
During the pandemic, he brought his cooking into viewers’ homes through Casa Zanoni videos and launched an online Italian grocery shop in 2020. La Liste recognised that work with its 2021 Digital Influencer Award. Fans can also cook from his books, including Mon Italie, Pasta, pasta, pasta and the family cookbook C’est qui le chef ?.
The kitchen keeps growing.
His restaurant work now includes L’Italien at La Mamounia in Marrakech, which introduced his menu in September 2025. In 2026 he also brought his Italian cooking to a summer residency at La Vigie, Monte-Carlo Beach.
Creditschronological, newest first
Restaurants and projects
- 2026La Vigie Zanoni Monte-CarloChef, summer residency
- 2025Paaates, BordeauxChef and co-founder
- 2025L’Italien par Simone Zanoni, La MamouniaChef collaboration
- 2020Casa ZanoniCreator and founder
- 2016–presentLe George, ParisChef
Books
- 2023C’est qui le chef ?Author, with his children
- 2022Pasta, pasta, pastaAuthor
- 2018Mon ItalieAuthor
Television
- 2025Très très bonne pastaGuest culinary judge
- 2025Top Chef, season 16Guest judge at the George V
Awards
Quotes
A dish becomes memorable when you have put your heart into it and created a journey of flavours.Simone Zanoni, Four Seasons’ Le George profile
His description of the cooking he wants to share at Le George.
Trivia
- His grandmother’s tortellini with sage butter and Parmesan are among his favourite childhood food memories.
- He told Porsche that his favourite book is Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential.
- Away from cooking, he enjoys driving his Porsche 911 GT3 RS on a racetrack.
- Casa Zanoni calls its family cooking philosophy “Viviamo Bomba Atomica”.
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