Chef, entrepreneur, historian, collector, aristocrat, fearless innovator, restaurateur, alchemist, visionary, philosopher, poet, inventor, revolutionary, “an anarchist in the kitchen”.

Many have tried to describe him – journalists, critics, friends, admirers – yet Antonello Colonna, Michelin-starred and internationally renowned, slips free of every definition.

Labels, borders, and rigid rules have never been his territory. From the day he opened the iconic Red Door in Labico, he has followed the wild impulse of creative anarchy – an inner force that sweeps away what already exists, even when it seems untouchable. What others call perfect, Antonello sees as merely the starting point. Only those who truly know a world from the inside, who have lived it deeply, can dare to tear it down and imagine it anew.

Roman by birth and by soul, a passionate lover of art and architecture, he has transformed his bond with his land into his greatest strength. Hospitality is not a service for him, but a philosophy – the foundation of every encounter. Those who cross his threshold are never just clients: they become guests, accomplices, and protagonists in a story that is rewritten every night at the table.