Ours is a young and Tuscan staff who expresses with passion the love for our land. In an intimate and welcoming environment, we invite you to spend an evening or a lunch tasting the most typical Tuscan flavours revisited with a new style but still respecting the tradition.
The stone surrounding us reminds us the past, the tradition. Meanwhile the panorama in front of us is a gaze to our landscape and also to our future.
The Osteria Fornelli, is a place where you can enjoy the flow of time, you can enjoy every instant, every smell/fragrance and every flavour. Each course is created by us with care and passion. We love slow cooking techniques, as the marinade and the vacuum sealed cooking and the low temperatures cooking.
This reflects our approach to the traditional cuisine: respect for the raw material and extreme care in treating it, with the goal of enhancing the flavours. But also, passion for telling our cuisine and our tradition. Our staff, thoughtful and prepared, is always ready to welcome you.
Osteria with view
THE ONLY RESTAURANT IN VOLTERRA
ON A PANORAMIC TERRACE
We are located in Piazza Fornelli, in the most panoramic spot in Volterra, one of the most beautiful in all Tuscany. From here you can see everything: in the most beautiful days you can even see Elba island and Corsica. From here, between a glass of wine and a typical dish, you can admire the landscape that inspires us every day in our work.
If you want to organize a party to celebrate a first communion, baptism, birthday, graduation or wedding, Osteria Fornelli can become yours for a day!
We can reserve the restaurant and have it at your disposal, including the kitchen service and our staff.
JONNI GUARGUAGLINI AND
LORENZO VALERIANI
Two young Tuscan entrepreneurs who strongly believe in their land, in creativity and in passion for work. They saw in the Osteria Fornelli the ideal place where to combine their paths: a place that has a magical location, which looks at the Tuscan region but has its heart in the city of Volterra. The Osteria Fornelli was born from the encounter of tradition and innovation.
FEDERICO SANTERINI
Executive Chef
Federico’s creativity is the soul of the tavern, each of his dish contains both tradition and innovation. Full of ideas and in continuous evolution, Federico desire above all to amaze the customer. At the base of the creations there is always the care of the raw material and the choice of seasonal products that Tuscany offers.
MATTEO CECCANTI
Maitre
He is honouring the restaurant name with his excellent preparation and coordination. He is very careful about every detail, precise and elegant in the explanations of the dishes and expert at introducing the menu in a harmonic way, creating synergy with the client that will perceive the attention and the preparation that is behind the Osteria Fornelli, even before tasting a course.
ANTONELLA CORSO
Sous Chef
Antonella has a determined character, but at the same time is sweet and caring towards customers and above all colleagues. She’s like the staff’s sister, capable of instilling security and positivity in everyone, her smile is indispensable in the kitchen in order to work in harmony and to convey emotion in every dish.
VALENTINA FUSHA
Sous Chef
The strong passion for cooking has allowed Valentina to reach an important role in Osteria Fornelli in just a few years. In the kitchen, she delights in experimenting with new dishes and combinations, but most of all she is taking care of the processing; slow marinating, double cooking, steam cooking, home-made pasta and bread that are remarkable.
