Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe
Leonardo Fiorenzani is a JRE chef. Of everything on this page it is the most independently verifiable, and the one that says the most: JRE selects young European restaurateurs on the strength of their cooking and the way they run a house, not on their fame.
Forbes Italia — 30 Breakthrough Chefs of 2025
Forbes Italia included Leonardo Fiorenzani among the 30 Breakthrough Chefs of 2025, for his approach to modern Tuscan cooking and for the path that took him from athlete to chef.
Revelation. After fourteen years, after Covid nearly ended our dream, after countless sixteen-hour days — revelation. This recognition validates every sacrifice.
Leonardo Fiorenzani
Forbes Italia — 100 Innovative Restaurants 2025
In the same year, La Sosta del Cavaliere entered the 100 Innovative Restaurants feature: zero-kilometre ingredients, the chef’s own garden on site, rotating art exhibitions and a service for fifteen guests.
Gambero Rosso — Two Forks
The Two Forks in 2025 marked the first appearance in the guide. Not a promotion: an entrance.
The guides
Beyond the Two Forks, the restaurant is in the Identità Golose 2025 Guide among the signature restaurants, and in Le Guide de L’Espresso since 2026. Three different guides in two years, for a house that until 2024 was in none.
Forchettiere Awards 2025 — best fine dining restaurant in Tuscany
The recognition that weighs most at regional level, with the «Il Palagiaccio» trophy.
And then
Ambassador of Taste since 2024. Chef collaboration with San Pellegrino since June 2025. Teacher at CESCOT in Siena, training the generation that comes next. And founder of Gusto Lovers, the event devoted to the territory, born in October 2024 and now in its third edition.
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