About Trattoria D'Anna
Bringing the Oldworld, A New Dining Experience!
World renowned Executive Chef, Thomas Keller once said…”A recipe has no soul. You as the cook must bring the soul to the recipe.” It was with this in mind that the owners of Trattoria D’Anna set out to find the type of General Manager and Execuive Chef who could bring soul… to the kitchen of this new venture.
As Dunedin did not have an upscale Italian restaurant for the discriminating pallet, we decided to fill that void with a world-class offering that blended traditional dishes from Italy with new eclectic flavors and ingredients that would fuse the old world with the new. Now all we had to do was find the right individual to bring those recipes to life.
We Found The Best!
Welcome to Trattoria D'Anna Chef Ronnie!
Celebrated Executive Chef Ronaldo Campanaro more than met the bill. A restauranteur with exceptional experience, formal training and a family instilled love for not just preparing amazing dishes…but watching the reactions of those who enjoy them.
“Ronnie,” learned to cook growing up in the kitchen of his grandmother and mother. It was watching them infuse love into every dish they prepared that he learned the importance of insuring a dash of soul… was a key ingredient in every recipe. When Chef Ronnie is in the kitchen he is constantly “teaching,” and “preaching,” as he likes to say.
“You can tell by taste if your food was prepared by someone who loves what they are doing or not. It is not enough to be technically proficient as a Chef. You have to live and breathe your menu. You can never be satisfied with your efforts. Satisfaction for the Chef leads to staleness on the table.”
Executive Chef Ronaldo Campanaro
Trattoria D’Anna will serve anything but staleness. Using only the finest ingredients, house made fresh pastas, garden ripened vegetables and fresh caught wild game…Chef Ronnie uses both traditional spices and ingredients as well as contemporary fusion derived flavors, to create both established Italian dishes bound to the old country as well as unique variations of timeless recipes with their own unique qualities.
Whether it be his award-winning crab cakes or his braised short rib lasagna…your expectations for Italian cuisine will never be the same!
The key to an amazing epicurean experience may come to a crescendo on your plate…but it begins with unparalleled customer service which starts when you enter the door.
For too long, restaurants have taken their clients for granted. Dining out should be an experience that lives on long after you have left the restaurant. Our staff’s commitment to providing the very best service possible is not just a cliché to us. It is how we treat family.
After one trip to D’Anna…you will no doubt feel like family. Don’t be surprised when Chef Ronnie approaches your table with a glass of wine in hand to check on you and ask how you are doing. After all…his grandmother and mother would expect family to be treated no less.
