Capri Palace JumeirahL'Olivo

Salvatore Elefante has been the head chef at L’Olivo since 2016, a fitting return to where he began as a chef de partie in 2007. A native of Italy’s historic home of dried pasta, Gragnano, just across the Gulf of Naples from Capri, he has always put strong flavours and an enhanced local tradition at the heart of his cooking. In 2011, after several years in the kitchens of L’Olivo, Elefante moved to head chef of Il Riccio. It was under his stewardship that the restaurant was awarded its Michelin star in 2013, and that the brand expanded abroad. There are now two Il Riccio locations in Turkey and two more in Miami and Dubai. At L’Olivo, he remains professionally focused on retaining its high reputation by remaining, as he says, “maniacal about the smallest details.” It’s important that this is “not just a dinner; our guests must leave the table enraptured.”