Maurizio Focone, chef and owner of the restaurant Viva lo Re in Ercolano, talks about his experience in the gastronomy sector between the promotion of the territory, tradition and innovation. His long career has taken him to the Geo e Geo transmission on the RAI where he presented one of his Mediterranean Diet dishes.


Video by: Mario Esposito and D’Auria Gianmarco
Document by: Mario Esposito and D’Auria Gianmarco
Subtitle ita/eng by: Mario Esposito and D’Auria Gianmarco
MedEatResarch – Center of Social Research on the Mediterranean Diet of the University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa, head by Marino Niola and Elisabetta Moro
Realized: 18-06-2021
Maurizio Focone

Maurizio Focone

Year: 20/05/1967
City: Napoli
Profession: Entrepreneur, CHef
Language: Italian

Video table of contents

00:00:17.503 The birth of "Viva lo Re"
00:01:05.911 Innovation and tradition compared
00:03:50.635 The importance of small local realities
00:06:41.357 The first memory in the kitchen
00:07:36.183 Revisiting the dish of memory
00:08:21.118 The representative dish of the Mediterranean Diet
00:09:12.266 Favourite dish of the Mediterranean Diet
00:09:44.996 The valorisation of the territory and comparison with France

Geographic information

Country: IT
Region: Campania
City: Ercolano