WELL HEELED

On the stunning stiletto of Italy’s boot Lecce is the engine room of Puglia produce. Nick Savage and I marvel at the baroque architecture, sensual pasta and locals who strive to keep tradition alive. Gourmet Traveller feature for Food and Travel magazine. (Awarded a Bronze in the Creativepool Annual Awards).

Basillica of Santa Croce, Lecce old town.

The lovingly restored 13th century fortified farm Masseria Trapana is now a luxury retreat and a great place from which to explore the area.

Lecce

Amphitheater - Lecce

Chef Alessio Gubello - Pasta D' Elite restaurant with his version of Ciceri e trie Pasta (boiled tria & crispy fried tria) dish with chickpeas, rosemary flowers & leaves - Lecce

Lecce

Lecce Old Town

Chef Rosario Tannisi brings generations of family cooking to the wonderful Osteria Ristorante alle La Bombarde, hidden away in the Lecce old town walls.

Lunch of Ciceri e trie-pasta (boiled tria & crispy fried tria) with chickpeas, mussels, squid & clams at the Osteria Ristorante alle La Bombarde, Lecce, Puglia.