Claudio Rovai

Tuscan from Lucca.
As soon as he came of age he left for London, where he began to gain experience in various Italian restaurants in the English capital.
After returning to Italy for a couple of years, he worked first in Tuscany in a starred restaurant and then on Lake Maggiore, where he gained his first experience as Head Chef.
The desire to experiment and travel subsequently took him to Australia, where, starting from scratch, he worked his way up to managing the kitchen of a famous Italian restaurant in Sydney. The desire to return to Italy, however, is strong: to rediscover his traditions while bringing with him a wealth of internationality, accumulated over many years of experience abroad.

The choice falls on Milan where he gets back into the game once again, rejecting various chef offers to dedicate himself to a 6-month internship in Matias Perdomo's kitchen, in Contraste. A fundamental experience that makes Claudio professionally fall in love with the Uruguayan chef's cuisine, and Perdomo with Claudio's skills and working attitude. The starred chef thus decides to entrust him with his new project: Exit Gastronimia Urbana which Claudio follows from the opening until a few months ago, when he decides to get back into the game with the new Food Writers project.

The chef's principles are to follow seasonality and choose the best raw materials, with which he creates dynamic dishes.
In addition to the taste, attention also goes to the beauty of the dish, because you eat first of all with your eyes!
Claudio Rovai
Food Writers

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restaurant opening hours:
Monday / Saturday - 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Kitchen closing time: 10:30 PM

Closed on Sundays


Policy Reservation
Dear Guests,

We kindly ask you to observe a few simple rules regarding your reservation to facilitate our staff’s service:

Reservations can be made at the following times: 7:30 PM, 7:45 PM, 8:00 PM, 8:30 PM, 9:00 PM, 9:30 PM, 9:45 PM, and 10:00 PM. The table duration is 1 hour and 45 minutes from the reservation time.

A Credit Card is required to guarantee all reservations. No amount will be charged at the time of booking. The Credit Card is used to protect us against late cancellations.

Reservations can be canceled in the following ways:

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We reserve the right to apply a penalty for late cancellations or No Shows:

€50 per person for cancellations made less than 2 hours before the reservation time and for No Shows.

Please inform us of any delays and observe the punctuality of your reservation. Delays of more than 15 minutes without notice will be considered as No Shows and will result in the cancellation of the reservation. Notification of delays can only be made via phone, message, or WhatsApp.
Extensions beyond this time are not possible in case of delay.


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Four-legged friends are welcome. To ensure we can offer you the best table, please let us know at the time of booking.

By making a reservation at Food Writers, you automatically accept the above conditions.

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