Del Cambio *, Bar Cavour & Farmacia Torino (I) Chef Matteo Baronetto 4 Cappelli

A multi-faceted position, the ideal setting for unique experiences,
able to meet the wish of a diversified, demanding and international public.
From a business lunch to a company’s presentation to private parties, you can choose between our different proposals to create,
together with our team, for an unforgettable experience.

DEL CAMBIO: THE HISTORY OF EXCELLENCE BECOMES CONTEMPORARY

Del Cambio, Piazza Carignano 2, Torino.

The adress with a legendary past proposes itself nowadays in a
contemporary and versatile guise, so as to advance and fulfil the
expectations of a multifaceted, international and exacting public.
Thanks to the engagement of the entrepreneur Michele Denegri, to the talent of the chef Matteo Baronetto and to the unanimous cooperation of professionals, artists and craftsmen, the historical
restaurant Del Cambio evolved into a unique project.
The different ways to enjoy the Del Cambio experience:
the gastronomic restaurant, where the XIX century furnishing and
decoration are now engaged in an intriguing conversation with the
artworks of Martino Gamper, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Izhar
Patkin, is Baronetto’s uncontested realm. The restaurant, awarded
its first Michelin star, proposes a menu à la carte which ranges from the higly traditional to the most innovative courses. A “Light Lunch” offer is foreseen, to match the more dinamic urban request for a quick but refined midday break.
Bar Cavour is the evocative cocktail and dining american-bar. Open till late at night is the ideal destination for an elegant and cheerful crew of bon vivants. The spaces, made personal by site specific artworks by Arturo Herrera and Pablo Bronstein, are cosy and fascinating.
Farmacia Del Cambio is a boutique/workshop of the taste where is possible to taste and buy the creations of both the chefs Matteo
Baronetto and Fabrizio Galla.

IL RISTORANTE DEL CAMBIO SINCE 1757

The Caffè Del Cambio made its first appearance under that name on 5 October 1757. The date coincide with the construction of the building with two flanking structures that encloses the square, adjacent to the preexisting theatre, later known by the name of
Teatro Carignano.
History (and legend) offers various explanations about where the naming “Cambio” can derive from. The word means exchange or change, and the exchange in question could have been that of the post horses, used in the area by travellers to and from Paris. Or might it have been the money exchange, provided that the square was a meeting venue for merchants and business people. Or, according to some authorities, the Caffè was headquarters of “la borsa dei negozianti,” the “shopkeepers’ exchange.” Dina
Rebaudengo, chronicler of past Turin, maintains that the name was inspired by the “Consolato de’ Cambi, Negozi ed Arti in
Torino,” to which the guild of confectioners and brandy distillers belonged.
Something is for sure: Del Cambio is not just a common restaurant. Princes and princesses, artists and tycoons, liberals and conservatives, literates and musicians have signed its picture guest book. The Sala Risorgimento is extraordinarily evocative.
It’s where Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, principal architect of the Unification of Italy, used to lunch. It is still easy to figure the notables, who graced the tables over decades
and centuries, being around: from Giacomo Casanova, the famous seducer, to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, from the playwright Carlo Goldoni to the novelist Honoré de Balzac, to Friedrich Nietzsche. One 20th-century habitué was Mario Soldati, the
respected writer and director who gave endless life to Del Cambio, in an episode of his memorable series “Viaggio in the Valle of the Po” (Travel in the Po Valley), filmed for
RAI in the 1950s. Illustrious seductresses were there too, such as Paolina Borghese (née Bonaparte) and the alluring Contessa di Castiglione, mistress of Napoleon III, up to such 20th-century divas as Eleonora Duse, Maria Callas, and Audrey Hepburn. Nor
should we forget the statesmen who brought the Unification of Italy to fruition as well as the pioneers of Italian industry, starting from the automobile’s, embodied by the Fiat Agnelli’ dinasty.
Art, genius, and history abound. Because Del Cambio, where Europe and the world are at home, is truly not just a common restaurant.

DEL CAMBIO TODAY

Memory, style, innovation: this is the meaning of Del
Cambio.
This concept, in practice, is translated and made available through spaces historically authentic such as the Sala Risorgimento, with its frescoes dated 1875 and intellectually combined with impressive contemporary site-specific works of art.
A challenge, a mix of elegance and charm: a dialogue woven with preciousness, a tribute to Turin’s spirit in all its deep refinement. The world of Del Cambio is a journey that goes beyond the boundaries of time and history, leading to a philological sense of
contemporaneity.
The Sala Risorgimento is the most outstanding, ancient and iconic hall of Del Cambio. While respecting the integrity of the place, each element has been cleaned up and restored: frescoes, antique
furniture, mirrors, wood panelling and chandeliers project us, as soon as stepping in, in bygone days.
Parallel to the Sala Risorgimento, lays the Sala Pistoletto, named after the artist who gives soul to its space, and welcomes in with the extraordinary work of art “Evento”. By eight mirror plates, “Evento” portrays some ordinary people who stare to an event that is not perceived in the composition, while they ideally get in
communication with those around. The room is furnished with chairs and tables expressly designed by Martino Gamper.
The sophisticated mise-en-place is today enriched by the “Ruins of Del Cambio”, a series of china plates whose production is the result of the co-operation between the israeli artist Izhar Patkin and the outstanding french Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres.
A unique project: 200 plates rejected, due to their not being in mint condition, have been hand-customized by the artist with a reference to the restaurant’s name and history.
All the remaining tables decoration, from fabrics to porcelaines, from crystal to silverware, is made out of original pieces or items inspired by the restaurant’s classic taste and history.

MATTEO BARONETTO

Matteo Baronetto, born in ’77, is original from Giaveno, in the neighbourhood of Torino. His first professional experiences are made at La Betulla of San Bernardino di Trana (To). He got later to Marchesi’s, the Albereta of Erbusco, where he met Carlo
Cracco. He then followed Cracco at the restaurant Le Clivie of Piobesi d’Alba, and later to Milan, at the Cracco-Peck, today Restaurant Cracco, where for the past few years he signed all the menus that boast two Michelin stars.
He came back to Torino in April 2014, on the occasion of the re-opening of the restaurant, while becoming the chef. This is a coming back even because Matteo moved his first step towards his career in the historical kitchen of the Del Cambio during an internship. The kitchen area though is not the same anymore: Baronetto together with the french company Matinox have brought to life an avant-garde working space. Entirely customized and hand-made, the kitchen places the strongness of the materials and the care of the details at the service of the contemporary cooking. A space of amazing visual impact and extreme functionalism.
He describes his cuisine as “a reasoned improvisation”: that requires during its execution a constant exercise of balance between intuition and consideration, inspiration and talent.
At Del Cambio his cuisine expresses itself in respect of the location, of the history and of the tastes of the customers of today and yesterday. His background, solidly inspired by the piedmontese tradition whose influence has never got forgotten, leads him to the production of courses that can hardly be labelled.
His ambition towards a place so charged with history, says Baronetto, is to create, even in the kitchen, “something that will last in time”.

THE GASTRONOMIC À-LA-CARTE MENU

The outstanding traditional courses alternate with the contemporary creations in an irresistible contest of seduction of the palates. The ingredients themselves are the incontrovertible characters of a cuisine that “substract” in order to regain the roundness of each ingredient used.
Some classics, always in the menu of Del Cambio, are: the vitello tonnato, the agnolotti Piemontese – style, the Cavour rice, the Del Cambio Finanziera.
Some courses of identity by now are: salmon and rabbit, veal kidney and urchins, carpione, rice with nutmeg and anchovies, steamed seabass and ox tail.

Finanziera del Cambio

It is proposed cut in large pieces set on the dish so as to enjoy visually each ingredient.

Carpione

Differently to the traditional recipe of the carpione, the chef chooses to present the meat, the fish and the vegetables separately from the dip. The classic dipping mix (wine, vinegar, haromatic herbs), not contaminated by the rest, is served in a cup, while only the organic matters find place in the serving dish, each keeping its taste and consistency, due to the different cookings. Something is fried, something else is steamed or raw such as the shrimp. In that way is possible to taste the course further to your own taste, while soaking – like crudités in an oil dip – at your ease and in the preferred sequence the meat, the fish and the vegetables.

Cavour Rice

A tribute to the legendary statesman: the steamed egg, the Count’s true love, acts as principle, then come the confit tomatoes, and some black rice grains to give a touch of crunchy to the softness of boiled rice.

Milano-Torino

The pig nose, a tradition of Milano, gets married to the green sauce from Torino, while the veal tongue typical of Torino meets the saffron traditionally from Milano.

Salmone e coniglio

This recipe came to life on the occasion of the Creative Combustion Workshop, promoted by Dom Pérignon in May 2014. This is a course that takes its first step from the balance of the contrast and from the paradox. The contrast consist of the ingredients, the salmon and the rabbit indeed, the equilibrium is
made by proposing both of them raw. To complete some crunchy of hazelnut and the tasty of the salted butter are added.

THE CHEF TABLE

It is not actually a merely special restaurant’s table because you can look at the cooks at work, but it is a exclusive corner managed personally by the Chef, who decides on his own who to house.
Matteo Baronetto by means of his creativity, made out of reasoned contrasts, becomes the interpreter of the tastes and background of his guest, so as to to bring him to reconsider his opinion and to involve him in his point of view.
This is why there is no menu for the chef’s table. The tasting itinerary, which waves from 8 to 12 courses, takes form from the dialogue between Matteo Baronetto and his guest, before and throughout the meal.
The conversation will give the chef the inspiration where to head.
The chef’s table is an emotional experience, a trip around flavours, consistencies, ingredients and pairings. An intimate scenery for four viewers at the maximum, where the characters and the wishes of the tablemates perform on stage, together with the vision, the tecnique and the creativity of Matteo Baronetto.

THE CELLAR

The cellars of Del Cambio are even older than their premises. They date back to the seventeenth century, and not only do they represent the material, but somehow the “spiritual” foundations of the restaurant. In this special vault, that offers the perfect temperature and humidity conditions, “lies” the treasure of more than 16,000 bottles of great value, with more than 1,700 labels, chosen among all the most renowned winemakers. A special attention though is paid to those niche productions so dear to the connoisseurs. From Champagne to the very exclusive Burgundy wines, from the reds of Tuscany to the historical Marsala: all the great families are represented. However the region of Piemonte
obviously keeps the starring role.
When scrolling down the wine list it looks almost like a Book of Hours for the enthusiasts.
Fresh and refined, the Champagnes, stating 160 labels to discover, are the pleasure seeker’s mark.
Among the reds, there is an outstanding selection of Barolo and Barbaresco, that include rare labels from Giuseppe Mascarello, Conterno, Bruno Giacosa. Alongside the noble varieties of northern Piedmont – Lessona, Ghemme and Gattinara – we find wines that preserve an intact and unchanged charm.
Other great Italian vertical wine selections follow, such as the best Brunello di Montalcino – Biondi – Santi, Gianfranco Soldera, Poggio di Sotto – the most representative Supertuscan, Sassicaia, Ornellaia, Masseto and the generous Amarone – Quintarelli e Dal Forno – the sapid and longlasting whites from the Terlano cellars.
In the premium wines vault, lie the immortal Riesling of the Rhine and the prestigious French wines, for what can be considered the true nobility in the enology world, such as Romanée-Conti, Domaine Leroy, Prieuré-Roch, Comtes Lafon, Dugat-Py. Burgundy is represented by the Lafite Rothschild, Mouton Rothschild, Haut Brion, Margaux, not to forget the reds from the Rhein with the Hermitage.
The vertical of Chateau d’Yquem wines is impressive, it counts a thirty years’ productions. To honour the glorious past of the restaurant, the ancient aristocracy of wine could not be missed. Which are the great dessert wines that have made the history of drinking since the eighteenth century: Port, Madeira, Sherry, Marsala.

FARMACIA DEL CAMBIO

The Farmacia Del Cambio is housed in the premises of the former “Farmacia Bestente”, historic apothecary workshop
founded in 1833, whose original woodpanelling are nowadays in
dialogue with materials such as steel, marble and bronze.
In a precious and cosy space are gathered many products,
sweet and savoury. The Farmacia Del Cambio is a boutique/workshop of the taste where is possible to try and
buy delicate pastry exclusively signed by Fabrizio Galla and Del
Cambio products, reinterpreted by Matteo Baronetto.
All ingredients are of the highest quality, the products are strictly seasonal and the preparations are meant not only for a quick and practical experience but tasty at the same time, always balanced and never predictable.
In the back room a counter is nestled, where you can seat and
follow from a privileged position the kitchen crew.
The elegant terrace during the whole year is the ideal stage for
a relaxed and informal lunch or to taste a drink resulting from
the alchemy and the tradition.

THE PRODUCTS

Cream Puffs, Chocolate, Bread Sticks, Bonèt (typical chocolate pudding from Piedmont), Cheesecake, Gnocchi, Fruit Tarts, Salmon, Pate, Jessica Cake, Millefeuille, vegetable Chips, Sandwiches, Hazelnut Cakes, Croissants, Olive Sticks,
baguettes, savoury Doughnuts, Almond and Orange Rolls, Brownies, Muffins, Snacks, Tagliatelle, Cappelletti (stuffed pasta), Meat Sauce, Rice Pastry, Genevan Candies, Dragée Sweets, Pave, Agnolotti (stuffed pasta), Lasagne, Biscuits, Minicakes, Country Bread and much more.

FARMACIA AND ITS DAYTIME

Breakfast:

Breakfast is perhaps one of the most intimate moments of the day. At the Farmacia Del Cambio it is interpreted as a perfect combination of coffee, freshly baked products, bakery, various cakes and tarts, exclusive creations by Chef Fabrizio Galla, fruit juices and centrifuged juices.

Lunch:

Farmacia Del Cambio offers a lunch set that is well suited to the needs of today’s life. The menu follows the seasonal offer: from the soups in wintertime to the club sandwich and the vitello tonnato, from the curry-chicken with black rice to the
tortillas.

Apéritif:

In the evening, Farmacia Del Cambio, a wonderful taste workshop, opens up at the most convivial time of the day, turning into the perfect place, in the centre of Turin, to enjoy cocktails or a good glass of wine and a good chat, combined with miniature gourmet creations, signed by Matteo Baronetto.
Cocktails are served bottled: sensible and dynamic they are winking at the “polibibite”of the Futurism.

BAR CAVOUR

A portal, a doorbell and a number to keep in mind: 1757. The address, piazza Carignano 2, is a synonimous for excellence already.
At the first floor is concealed the Bar Cavour, an american bar with kitchen: an intimate, elegant space of the most relaxed and sophicated atmosphere. The colours are dim: the woodpanelling are painted in black, the walls are greenish dark blue, the couches are in velvet, the seats in brown leather, while the darkened mirrors reflect the vault’s graphics in gold leaf by the artist Arturo
Herrera.
The sentiment is to be somewhere far away. The vibe is international, while memory goes back overseas to New York or to the nearest city of London.
The friendly staff, the talented bartenders, who suggest to the guests sitting at the elegant counter the right drink, the winsome bites from the kitchen, all these are the ingredients that make Bar Cavour the apple of any epicurean’s eye.
The music selection is sophisticated and not predictable. Playlists streamlined from New York accompany the various times of the evening, while some night the music is live with djs’ sessions.
The Sala Bronstein, named by the ink on paper work of ambitious size by the omonimous artist, wraps the customer in a cosy atmosphere with the fireplace and a library, dedicated to arts, that invites the curious to browse.

BAR CAVOUR

It is a coctkail bar.

The accurate selection of spirits together with our bartenders’ wise tecnique of mixology proposes a surprising harmony, ranging from the interpretation of the traditional and classic drinks to the Bar Cavour’s signature cocktails.
The Bar Cavour boasts an incredible variety of spirits of the highest quality. For the lovers of Gin the rare “Crown Jewel”, il “Monkey 47”, “Blue Coat”, “Brooklyn American dry Gin”, “209”, “Aviation”….and more…
Black woods 40° 60°,”Sipsmith”, “Mombasa Club” and the unmissable selection of the “London Dry Gin”.
For those who cannot do without Vodka, Bar Cavour proposes some of the most outstanding labels worldwide, from the russian Beluga Gold and Beluga Export to the Belvedere unfiltered, up to the polish Zubrowska and Wyborowa.
Bar Cavour proposes further more: the exclusive labels Bas Armagnac ‘64 – ’76, whiskeys from important collections such as “Caol lila ‘95”, “Bowmore” to move on to the smokey Bourbon and Rye.
The selection of labels of the rhum agricolés millesimés is meaningful too: “Caroni 15 y.o.”, “Port Mourant ‘93”, “Zacapa 23 y.o.”.

It’s a bistrot.

The Bar Cavour’s menu is significantly inspired by the tradition of the french bistrot: oysters, snails Bourguignonne-style, foie-gras escalope, filet mignon, onions’ soup but raw fish too, marinated salmon and spit-roasted cockerel.
The unavoidable and perfect club sandwich, the international Baikal caviar, the tempting spanish Jamon Joselito, are some the specialties that can be tasted till late at night.

“LA STANZA VERDE”
Rich silk velvet, crispy taffeta, shimmering damask, japanese and
XIX century’s silks, luxuriant trimmings and antique mirrors, deep colours and wrapping glares, all these are the ingredients of the decorative magic conceived and fullfilled by Alvise Orsini for the Green Room at Bar Cavour.
The rich, warm and refined space that peeps out either to the
traditional british smoking-room’s style and the french boudoir’s.
Its cosy 40 square meters volume and maximum 22 seats, makes
out of the room the ideal spot where to taste amazing wines and
spirits, while hanging out lost in the pleasure of the fine drinking.
Everything is designed to allow the guests to drift apart from the
everyday and the routine and to let themselves go to the room’s
magic. The cocooning and cosy athmosphere invites to the
pleasure of the conversation, to the intimacy and to the details’
delight.
Since June the 2nd from 7 to 9 pm guests could have their seat
there for a drink or an aperitif, while later on a reservation will be
requested.
Our Sommeliers’ complicity makes the experience unique by
means of labels, wines and spirits of the utter rarity. A minimal food pairing accompanies the tasting.
The Green Room is the ideal location for exclusive private events.
On the occasion special dinners signed by Matteo Baronetto can
be organized. The room set-up can be modified by the installation
of an imperial table for a maximum of 12 guests.
In the Green Room smoking is permitted.

Piazza Carignano, 2 10123 Torino
tel +39 011 546690
eventi@delcambio.it
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