The day after dining at Osteria Francescana, Jessica Rosval (@jessrosval) mustered the courage to contact @massimobottura. “I wrote an e-mail and expressed all of the things that I valued about his work, and I asked him to give me a trial in the kitchen,” she says. He accepted, and a weekend trial turned into two weeks, and she “just never left.” Rosval worked her way up to chef de parti at the three-star Michelin restaurant before becoming head chef at @casamarialuigia, the effortlessly cool guesthouse Bottura and his wife, Lara Gilmore, have opened in the Emilia Romagna countryside. Rosval is forthcoming about the life lessons Bottura has instilled over the years. “He keeps reminding us that as chefs, we are more than just our recipes,” she says. “Sometimes we do lose ourselves in our daily routine, but we have capacity for so much more because feeding is giving, and hospitality is welcoming.” From NUVO #Issue94. Read the full story; link in bio. 🖊 @claudia_cusano 📷 @stefanoscata —— #NUVO #NUVOMAG #chef #cheflife #chefstyle #italy #jessicarosval #massimobottura #italytravel #italianfood #italian #italia #osteriafrancescana #casamarialuigia #cuisine #palate #dining #food