Michelin-Starred Four Seasons Chef Vito Mollica Moonlights at

Michelin-Starred Four Seasons Chef Vito Mollica
Moonlights at Culina, Modern Italian for Celebration of
Restaurant's Five-Year Anniversary This March
Internationally acclaimed chef from Four Seasons Hotel Firenze joins forces with Culina
Executive Chef Mette Williams at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills to
curate special commemorative menu
February 11, 2015, Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, U.S.A.
In honour of Culina, Modern Italian's fifth-year-anniversary in the prestigious Four Seasons Hotel Los
Angeles at Beverly Hills, Executive Chef Vito Mollica of Il Palagio Ristorante at Four Seasons Hotel
Firenze in Florence will be joining the talented culinary team at the Cal-Italian hot spot for a five-day
celebration. Starting on Saturday, February 28, 2015, the restaurant, known for its beautiful crudo dishes
and pristine housemade pastas, will spotlight à la carte specials from Chef Mollica, as well as a five-course
collaborative dinner menu that features offerings from Chef Mollica and Culina Executive Chef Mette
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Williams. The menu, priced at USD 65 per person, will be available through the evening of Wednesday,
March 4.
"We are honoured to have Chef Mollica join our team for this special occasion to share his Michelin awardwinning cuisine with our guests," says Mehdi Eftekari, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Los
Angeles at Beverly Hills. "The menu that Chef Mollica has created with Chef Mette showcases the best of
the Italian culinary tradition with both a classic and California-inspired perspective."
The five-course dinner menu, offering alternating courses from Chefs Mollica and Williams, will start
with an antipasti of sea bass and beef fillet carpaccio with bone marrow, sea urchin and citrus
dressing from Chef Mollica; followed by a primi piatti from Chef Williams featuring a ravioli carbonara,
prosciutto wrapped egg yolk, mascarpone and pancetta. Chef Mollica will take on the secondi piatti with
a seared sea bass in an olive and tomato crust with white wine scented artichokes, with Chef Williams
concluding the savory courses with the terzi piatti of beef “tongue and cheeks” with cannellini bean
ragu, eggplant caponata and roasted pepper coulis. To conclude the meal, Chef Mollica will offer the
dolci finale - a mascarpone ingot with caramelized nuts and coffee ice cream.
In addition to the evening tasting menu, Chef Mollica's à la carte specials will be offered alongside the
everyday lunch and dinner menus at Culina. Dishes will include antipasti such as seared scallops with
broccoli rabe coulis, primi piatti, fresh pea risotto with burrata cheese and black truffle, and secondi
piatti, dry fig-stuffed quail with creamed celeriac and seared foie gras. Dessert will include items such
as millefoglie, a crispy puff pastry with strawberries.
Mollica's famed cavatelli pasta with cacio e pepe sauce, baby calamari and marinated prawns, named
dish of the year by I Ristoranti d’Italia de l’Espresso (Italian Restaurants Guide) in 2013, will also be making
an appearance as an à la carte special at dinner. During the day, power lunchers will have the opportunity
to savour Chef Mollica's spin on a "Quartetto," Culina's daily lunch special that features four small courses
all on one plate.
"I'm excited for the opportunity to share a taste of Florence with the diners at Culina, prepared in the tradition
of the cuisine we offer at Il Palagio," says Mollica, a veteran Four Seasons chef who has been with the
Four Seasons family since 1996. Prior to assuming his post at Four Seasons Hotel Firenze in 2007, Chef
Mollica brought his culinary nuance and enthusiasm for honouring the integrity of local ingredients to Four
Seasons Hotel Milano.
Culina, Modern Italian is located at 300 South Doheny Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90048 on the Lobby Level
of Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. Guests can make reservations at 310 860 4000, or
online. For the latest updates on specials and events at Culina, follow along on Twitter and Instagram
@CulinaLA, and on Facebook @CulinaModernItalian.
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PRESS CONTACTS
Kim Kessler
Director of Public Relations
300 South Doheny Drive
Los Angeles
U.S.A
[email protected]
1 (310) 786 2212
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