Zafferano

Zafferano is a restaurant located in London, and was originally run by Giorgio Locatelli on behalf of A–Z Restaurants until 2005. The restaurant was awarded one Michelin star in 1999, which it held until this star was stripped from it 2012.HistoryZafferano was opened by chef Giorgio Locatelli in February 1995 in Knightsbridge, London. The restaurant's name comes from the Italian for saffron. The location had previously been a fish restaurant, but under Locatelli the new restaurant served Italian food. The major investor in the restaurant was Claudio Pulze, who owned the restaurant through his company A–Z Restaurants. Locatelli's pay was based on percentage of the overall performance of the restaurant. Chef Angela Hartnett worked at the restaurant as she rotated around the A–Z Restaurants range of establishments.The restaurant was awarded a Michelin star in the list published in 1999. While as chef-proprietor of Zafferanno, Locatelli was named the Outstanding London Chef of 2001 at the London Restaurant Awards, but shortly afterwards left the restaurant following disagreements with new head of A–Z Restaurants, Giuliano Lotto. Andrew Needham took over as head chef, having previously been sous chef to Locatelli.After A–Z Restaurants went into administrations in November 2004, Locatelli stated publicly that he was interested in purchasing Zafferano. The group, including Zafferano, was sold back to Claudio Pulze with new partner John De Stefano. In 2007, Pulze sold his share of the company to De Stefano. The restaurant expanded during the same year, and opened a delicatessen.