{"id":26787,"date":"2026-07-06T12:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/non-categorise\/andrea-messina-takes-the-helm-at-il-lago\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:49:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:49:06","slug":"andrea-messina-takes-the-helm-at-il-lago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/food-news\/andrea-messina-takes-the-helm-at-il-lago\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Messina Takes the Helm at Il Lago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There have been plenty of changes in the kitchen at Il Lago in recent years. This time, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fourseasons.com\/geneva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues<\/strong><\/a> has opted for continuity by appointing Andrea Messina to lead its Michelin-starred restaurant. Having joined in 2024 as sous chef under Michele Fortunato, the Italian chef knows the restaurant inside and out and is now taking the reins. A native of Turin, Andrea Messina has built a solid reputation over the course of a career that has taken him to Pierre Gagnaire in Paris, the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, the Capri Palace, and Del Cambio in Turin. These experiences have shaped a deeply Italian cuisine, enriched by contemporary techniques and a strong commitment to seasonal ingredients.    <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But beyond this appointment, another issue is already drawing attention. Will Andrea Messina carry on the legacy left by Michele Fortunato, or will he use this promotion to gradually put his own culinary stamp on the restaurant? The chef speaks of a cuisine faithful to Il Lago\u2019s DNA while embracing creative freedom. The coming months will reveal just how much this evolution will be reflected on the plate. Another point of curiosity is his collaboration with head sommelier Mika\u00ebl Grou. With a culinary style poised to find its own voice and one of Geneva\u2019s finest wine lists, the duo has everything it needs to write a new chapter for Il Lago\u2014a chapter that food enthusiasts will follow closely.      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After several changes in the kitchen, the Michelin-starred restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues is opting for continuity. Andrea Messina, formerly Michele Fortunato\u2019s sous-chef, is now taking the helm at Il Lago, with the following question looming in the background: What will his true signature be? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Andrea Messina Takes the Helm at Il Lago | Restaurant Geneva | Edouard Amoiel","description":"After several changes in the kitchen, the Michelin-starred restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues is opting for continuity. Andrea Messina, formerly M"},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_restaurants-par-lieux":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_style-de-restaurant":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[351],"tags":[],"restaurants-par-lieux":[353],"style-de-restaurant":[],"class_list":["post-26787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-news","restaurants-par-lieux-geneva"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26787"},{"taxonomy":"restaurants-par-lieux","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/restaurants-par-lieux?post=26787"},{"taxonomy":"style-de-restaurant","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amoiel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/style-de-restaurant?post=26787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}