Awards and Recognition

10Best Editor's Favorite Restaurant in Tampa
10Best.com
2011 and 2012

Best Romantic Restaurant
Gayot.com
2011 and 2012

Tampa Bay's Top Romantic Dining Restaurant
AOL.Travel
2010

Best American Cuisine in Tampa
BestOf.VoicePlaces.com
2010

Tampa Bay's Top Romantic Dining Restaurant
St. Petersburg Times, Critic's Pick
2009

First Place
Pan Roasted Lamb Chops with Picholine Vinaigrette
& Chorizo Potato Croquettes
Inaugural  Top Chef Competition
Cruising to a Cure, St Joseph’s Hospital
2008

First Place
Golden Whisk Award
Guava Butter Tarts with Dulce de Leche inlay
Dessert First
Girl Scouts West Central Florida
 2008

Best Fine Dining
AOL's City's Best
2008

Award of Excellence
Wine Spectator
2008

Chef Richard Bottini

    Professionally trained in New York at the Culinary Institute of America, Class of 2002, and having worked beside Master and Executive Chefs in the  Eastern U.S., the Caribbean and Europe, the past two decades have given Chef Richard Bottini the experiences and direction to build his culinary passions to impressive heights. He has developed, quite naturally, into one of Tampa's leading culinary authorities, and has spent innumerable intimate evenings with his guests preparing six course meals full of surprising twists and gratifying delights.

    As Owner/Chef of Tampa's best Fine Dining restaurant, Chef Richard - a recipient of many culinary arts awards and accolades - is a creative force focused on the freshest local, seasonal ingredients, and shaped by the time honored French technique he embraces so personally and artfully.
    
    While Chef Richard Bottini is proud of many accomplishments and awards over the years, his most memorable moments involve those times when his passion for cuisine and pursuit of flawlessness are communicated wordlessly on the plate, and his dining room is filled with guests celebrating and sharing with him their most cherished special events.