Chef Nico Mastromarino

Chef At Home In Castellana Grotte

I honed my culinary skills and broadened my expertise through various cooking courses in Italy and France, learning from esteemed hotel school instructors. With extensive experience working in restaurants, farmhouses, as a personal chef, and in catering for international tourists and special events, I have specialised in gourmet and Apulian cuisine for the past 15 years.

Chef of gourmet and Apulian cuisine for15 year.

Ho perfezionato le mie doti in cucina accrescendo la mia cultura con corsi di cucina di vari livelli in Italia e in Francia ,con maestri della scuola alberghiera e lunghe esperienze lavorative in ristoranti, agriturismi, servizi catering personal chef per turisti stranieri, cerimonie ed altro.

Da 15 anni chef per cucina gourmet e pugliese.

For me, cooking is...

Evoking an emotion through a feast for the eyes, nose and palate. Trasmettere un'emozione ,un piacere visivo olfattivo e gustativo .

I learned to cook at...

I learned by working alongside great master chefs in the kitchen and at school. Ho imparato lavorando al fianco di grandi maestri chef in cucina .

A cooking secret...

Treat raw materials with love. Trattare le materie prime con amore.

My menus

LA PAIELLA

STARTER

All inclusive

PARMIGIANA DI MELANZANE /EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA

FOCACCIA PUGLIESE / FOCACCIA FROM PUGLIA

PEPERONI AL FORNO / BAKED PEPPERS

CRUDITE' DI VERDURE / RAW VEGETABLES

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

PAIELLA DI PESCE E VERDURE / FISH AND VEGETABLE PAN

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

DESSERT

All inclusive

SPORCAMUSS ALLA CREMA / CREAM SPORCAMUSS

THE SEA

STARTER

All inclusive

ZUCCHINE E MELANZANE GRIGLIATE / GRILLED COURGETTES AND AUBERGINES

BURRATA CON POLPO ARROSTO / BURRATA WITH ROASTED OCTOPUS

BRUSCHETTATARTARE DI POMODORO E ALICI /BRUSCHETTA TOMATO AND ANCHOVY TARTARE

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

SPAGHETTONE AI CROSTACEI CON TARTARE DI GAMBERI / SPAGHETTONE WITH SHELLFISH WITH PRAWN TARTARE

PACCHERI STRACCIATELLA E TARTARE DI TONNO ROSSO / PACCHERI STRACCATELLA AND RED TUNA TARTARE

CAVATELLI COZZE E CECI / CAVATELLI MUSSELS AND CHICKPEAS

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

GAMBERONI MARINATI CON MOUSSE DI CECI / MARINATED PRAWNS WITH CHICKPEA MOUSSE

BACCALA' OLIVE CAPPERI E POMODORO / COD, OLIVES, CAPERS AND TOMATO

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

CANNOLO RICOTTA E LIME / CANNOLO WITH RICOTTA AND LIME

INTORCHIATE ALLA MANDORLA /FLOUR AND ALMOND BISCUITS

Special roast

STARTER

All inclusive

Bruschetta al pomodoro , taralli , olive /tomato bruschetta, taralli, olives

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

Stinco di maiale arrosto con patate al rosmarino / Roasted pork shank with rosemary potatoes

Costine di maiale arrosto con radicchio al forno /Roasted pork ribs with baked radicchio

Bombetta pugliese con insalata /Apulian bowler hat with salad

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

DESSERT

All inclusive

Salame di cioccolato e limoncello /chocolate salami and limoncello

Autumn and winter

STARTER

Choose 3 dishes

Funghi di bosco arrosto /roasted wild mushrooms

Broccoli gratinati al forno al limone /baked broccoli au gratin with lemon

Patate novelle tartufate /new potatoes flavored with truffles

Peperone con acciuga capperi e crumble di pane /pepper with anchovy, capers and breadcrumbs

Frisella con formaggio cremoso zucchina grigliata e capocollo di Martina /frisella with creamy cheese, grilled courgette and Martina's capocollo

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

Risotto di zucca al rosmarino e parmigiano /Pumpkin risotto with rosemary and parmesan

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

Capocollo di maiale a straccetti con radicchio al forno /Shredded pork neck with baked radicchio

DESSERT

All inclusive

INTORCHIATE ALLA MANDORLA /FLOUR AND ALMOND BISCUITS

The ''Duetto''

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Choose 3 dishes

FOCACCIA PUGLIESE/FOCACCIA FROM PUGLIA

BRUSCHETTA POMODORO E ZUCCHINE / TOMATO AND COURGETTE BRUSCHETTA

SELEZIONE DI SALUMI E FORMAGGI PUGLIESI/SELECTION OF APULIAN CURED MEATS AND CHEESE

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

ORECCHIETTE CIME DI RAPA ACCIUGHE E MANDORLE / ORECCHIETTE TURNIP TOPS, ANCHOVIES AND ALMONDS

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

TORCINELLO CON PATATE AL ROSMARINO / TORCINELLO WITH ROSEMARY POTATOES

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

SPORCAMUSS ALLA CREMA / CREAM SPORCAMUSS

THE SPECIALS

STARTER

Choose 3 dishes

COZZE GRATINATE / MUSSELS GRATINA

FOCACCIA PUGLIESE/FOCACCIA FROM PUGLIA

CALZONE DI CIPOLLE / ONION CALZONE

BRUSCHETTA POMODORO E ZUCCHINE / TOMATO AND COURGETTE BRUSCHETTA

SELEZIONE DI SALUMI E FORMAGGI TIPICI / SELECTION OF TYPICAL CURED MEATS AND CHEESES

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

TIELLA RISO PATATE E COZZE / TIELLA RICE, POTATOES AND MUSSELS

FAVE E CICORIE /FAVA BEANS AND CHICORY

STRASCINATE CON POMODORO MARINATO ACCIUGHE CAPPERI PORRO CREMBUL DI PANE E RUCOLA / STRASCINATE WITH MARINATED TOMATO ANCHOVIES CAPERS LEEK BREAD CREMBUL AND ROCKET

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

PIGNATA DI POLPO / OCTOPUS PIGNATA

TORCINELLO CON PATATE AL ROSMARINO / TORCINELLO WITH ROSEMARY POTATOES

DESSERT

All inclusive

FRUTTA DI STAGIONE / SEASONAL FRUIT

TRADITIONAL APULIA RECIPES

STARTER

Choose 3 dishes

POLPETTE DI PANE / MEATBALLS BREAD

VERDURE PASTELLATE / VEGETABLES IN BATTER

PARMIGIANA DI MELANZANE /EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA

BURRATA PESTO DI BASILICO E PISTACCHIO /BURRATA BASIL AND PISTACHIO PESTO

FOCACCIA PUGLIESE/FOCACCIA FROM PUGLIA

BRUSCHETTA STRACCIATELLA POMODORO SECCO SOTTOLIO /BRUSCHETTA STRACCIATELLA DRIED TOMATO IN OIL

CALZONE DI CIPOLLE / ONION CALZONE

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

FAVE E CICORIE /FAVA BEANS AND CHICORY

LASAGNE AL FORNO / BAKED LASAGNE

ORECCHIETTE CIME DI RAPA ACCIUGHE E MANDORLE / ORECCHIETTE TURNIP TOPS, ANCHOVIES AND ALMONDS

CAVATELLI CECI E GUANCIALE / CAVATELLI CHICKPEAS AND CHEEK

ORECCHIETTE ALLA BARESE CON BRACIOLA DI VITELLO /ORECCHIETTE ALLA BARESE WITH MEAT BRACIOLA

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

TIELLA POLLO PATATE E PEPERONI /TIELLA CHICKEN POTATOES AND PEPPERS

BOMBETTE PUGLIESI CON PATATE AL FORNO /PUGLIAN BOMBETTE WITH BAKED POTATOES

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

INTORCHIATE ALLA MANDORLA /FLOUR AND ALMOND BISCUITS

PANZEROTTINO DI MARMELLATA PANZEROTTINO WITH FRUIT JAM

LA PAIELLA

STARTER

All inclusive

PARMIGIANA DI MELANZANE /EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA

FOCACCIA PUGLIESE / FOCACCIA FROM PUGLIA

PEPERONI AL FORNO / BAKED PEPPERS

CRUDITE' DI VERDURE / RAW VEGETABLES

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

PAIELLA DI PESCE E VERDURE / FISH AND VEGETABLE PAN

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

DESSERT

All inclusive

SPORCAMUSS ALLA CREMA / CREAM SPORCAMUSS

THE SEA

STARTER

All inclusive

ZUCCHINE E MELANZANE GRIGLIATE / GRILLED COURGETTES AND AUBERGINES

BURRATA CON POLPO ARROSTO / BURRATA WITH ROASTED OCTOPUS

BRUSCHETTATARTARE DI POMODORO E ALICI /BRUSCHETTA TOMATO AND ANCHOVY TARTARE

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

SPAGHETTONE AI CROSTACEI CON TARTARE DI GAMBERI / SPAGHETTONE WITH SHELLFISH WITH PRAWN TARTARE

PACCHERI STRACCIATELLA E TARTARE DI TONNO ROSSO / PACCHERI STRACCATELLA AND RED TUNA TARTARE

CAVATELLI COZZE E CECI / CAVATELLI MUSSELS AND CHICKPEAS

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

GAMBERONI MARINATI CON MOUSSE DI CECI / MARINATED PRAWNS WITH CHICKPEA MOUSSE

BACCALA' OLIVE CAPPERI E POMODORO / COD, OLIVES, CAPERS AND TOMATO

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

CANNOLO RICOTTA E LIME / CANNOLO WITH RICOTTA AND LIME

INTORCHIATE ALLA MANDORLA /FLOUR AND ALMOND BISCUITS

Special roast

STARTER

All inclusive

Bruschetta al pomodoro , taralli , olive /tomato bruschetta, taralli, olives

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

Stinco di maiale arrosto con patate al rosmarino / Roasted pork shank with rosemary potatoes

Costine di maiale arrosto con radicchio al forno /Roasted pork ribs with baked radicchio

Bombetta pugliese con insalata /Apulian bowler hat with salad

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

DESSERT

All inclusive

Salame di cioccolato e limoncello /chocolate salami and limoncello

Autumn and winter

STARTER

Choose 3 dishes

Funghi di bosco arrosto /roasted wild mushrooms

Broccoli gratinati al forno al limone /baked broccoli au gratin with lemon

Patate novelle tartufate /new potatoes flavored with truffles

Peperone con acciuga capperi e crumble di pane /pepper with anchovy, capers and breadcrumbs

Frisella con formaggio cremoso zucchina grigliata e capocollo di Martina /frisella with creamy cheese, grilled courgette and Martina's capocollo

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

Risotto di zucca al rosmarino e parmigiano /Pumpkin risotto with rosemary and parmesan

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

Capocollo di maiale a straccetti con radicchio al forno /Shredded pork neck with baked radicchio

DESSERT

All inclusive

INTORCHIATE ALLA MANDORLA /FLOUR AND ALMOND BISCUITS

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Chef Nico's reviews

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2 services

My husband and I were celebrating our honeymoon and we cannot recommended this experience enough, specially having Nico as the chef. We had an amazing experience and we loved having Nico and his son as our cooks. All the food was delicious and the wine was divine. We loved everything from booking and communicating with Nico and the staff. We definitely recommend his cooking as all of the dishes were delicious and the explanation was great. We are very pleased with having met all of the team. Many thanks for creating such an amazing experience!!