restaurant in Paris in 2001. In January 2001, he took over Hostaria dell’Orso, the oldest restaurant in Rome, located in a building dating back to 1400 AD. In 2011, Marchesi became the first celebrity chef to design two hamburgers and a dessert for McDonald's. In 2014, Marchesi took part in documentary film 29200 Puthod, l'altra verità della realtà directed by Federico Angi biography of Dolores Puthod international painter. In May 2017, Marchesi and Director Maurizio Gigola presented the Documentary film Marchesi: The Great Italian at the Cannes Film Festival. He received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2017. Honours 1986 Ambrogino d’Oro 1989 Personnalité de l’année for gastronomy 1990 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 1991 Commendatore della Repubblica 1999 Longobardo d’Oro Grand Prix ‘Memoire et Gratitude’, awarded by the International Academy of Gastronomy. He was one of the founders of Euro-Toques, an association of some 3,000 of the world's most important chefs, and was its international president (2000–2002). As the University Rector of ALMA, which offers the first international master's degree in Italian cuisine, Marchesi hoped to improve Italian catering and restaurant management. In June 2008, Marchesi denounced the scoring system of Michelin, and "returned" the stars, challenging the voting system of the guide, and claiming to only want to receive comments and ratings. As a result, the 2009 edition "disappears" the Marchesi restaurant from the Michelin guide: 2012 Laurea Honoris Causa in Gastronomy Science from the Universitas of Parma References External links ALMA - Scuola di Cucina 1930 births 2017 deaths Businesspeople from Milan Italian chefs Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants Deaths from cancer in Lombardy