Chef Antonio Nicastro

Chef At Home in Positano

From the best cuisines in Spain, Italy and Poland to your table.

My name is Antonio I am from southern Italy, near Naples I have experience as a professional chef for more than 20 years working in the best hotels and restaurants in the Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Barcelona, Warsaw and Italy.

I was lucky enough to travel a lot in Havana, my wife is also a Cuban cook.

I can guide you through these magical places at a dinner party!

If you consider yourself a food lover, let yourself be surprised by my cuisine!

We offer exclusive and fully personalized gastronomic services:

Romantic Breakfast, Full Service Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, Spanish Paella, Finger Food, B.B.Q, Birthdays, Anniversaries. Etc..

We can also recommend the best wines to pair with the menu, or if you prefer we prepare the original Cuban Mojitos.

You choose the menu, I take care of buying the best fresh products, I cook at your home and at the end of the evening I leave everything clean

For me, cooking is...

*"An art that allows me to express my creativity and share love and joy with others through food."*

I learned to cook at...

with my grandmother and my mother, for me they are the best cook in the world

A cooking secret...

The secret in cooking is to find The perfect meeting point Between the heat Of the tradition and the is citation of the experiment

My menus

Truffle Experience

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Choose 3 dishes

Bruschetta with basil pesto and cherry tomatoes

Crispy spheres of Fresh truffle and soft cheese

Voulauvents with mushroom cream, egg and fresh truffle

Smoked salmon spheres, cheese and extra virgin olive oil pearls

Iberian ham croquette

Fried Cannelloni Mignon with Smoked Provola Cheese and Cetara Anchovies

3 Soft bags with meat, shrimp and vegetables

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Tagliatelle pasta with fresh black truffle

Spaghetti with seafood

White lasagna with fresh truffle, sausage, mozzarella, and Parmigiano Reggiano fondue

Lasagna with Bolognese sauce

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Amberjack with lemon sauce, capers , seasonal vegetables

Sirloin of Podolica veal cooked at low temperature (12 h.) with fresh truffle, porcini mushrooms with potato parmentier

Veal in red wine sauce (Taurasi riserva) Potato and carrot cubes

Pork Tenderloin Wellington with spanish sauce

DESSERT

All inclusive

(pre-dessert) Mignon cannolo ricotta and chocolate

(pre-dessert) Mignon babà rum and nutella

(pre-dessert) Truffle with chocolate and chopped hazelnuts

Pistachio tiramisu

Christmas Experience

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Bags di genovese

Spiedini di formaggi e salumi con taralli

Involtini di caciovallo e prosciutto crudo

Sfere del sottobosco con tartufo fresco

Bruschette con funghi trifolati e tartufi neri freschi

Voulavent di formaggio gratinato e uovo

FIRST COURSE

Choose 2 dishes

Cannelloni ricotta e spinaci

Lasagne alla bolognese

Lasagne al pistacchio

Tagliatelle funghi e tartufo fresco

Risotto zucca e gorgonzola

Gnocchi con crema di carciofi e chips di prosciutto crudo

Paella mista di carne e frutti di mare

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Filetto di vitello in crosta alla wellington con salsa al vino rosso taurasi e parmentier di patate

Rotolini di tacchino in salsa agli agrumi con in insalata di finocchi e arance

Picaña al forno con salsa di funghi e tartufo fresco e insalata di pomodorini e frutta secca

Anatra al marsala e patate al forno

DESSERT

All inclusive

Assortimento di torroni e frutta secca

Pandoro farcito

Christmas Seafood Experience

STARTER

Choose 3 dishes

Carpaccio di salmone affumicato

Bags croccanti di aragosta

Sfere marine

Tortino di mare con calamari e cozze

Gamberi in crosta

Tartar di salmone, pomodorini, crema di avocado, sfere di aceto al tartufo

Cocktail di gamberi

Capesante gratinate

Polpette di polipo com mayonese al lime

FIRST COURSE

Choose 2 dishes

Spaghetti ai frutti di mare 3.0

Lasagne di pesce con beciamella di champagne

Linguine gamberi e zucchine

Risotto vongole e lime

Paella ai frutti di mare/ Seafood paella

Risotto verde con cozze e gamberi

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Orata al forno con erbe aromatiche con patate al forno e cipolle caramellizzate

Salmone in crosta di sfoglia e insalata finocchi e arance

Tagliata di tonno e parmentier di patate

DESSERT

All inclusive

Assortimento di torroni e frutta secca

Pandoro farcito

The pasta revolution in 2025 - La rivoluzione della pasta nel 2025

STARTER

All inclusive

Seashell pasta with Mediterranean clams, flavors of lemons and droplets of extra virgin olive oil - conchiglia marina di pasta con vongole del mediterraneo profumi di limoni e sfere di olio evo

Smoked salmon spheres, caviar, cheese - Sfere di salmone affumicato, caviale, formaggio

Small salad of wakame seaweed, red prawn, sesame - insalatina de alghe wakame, gambero rosso,sesamo

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

Seafood spaghetti 3.0 - Spaghetti ai frutti di mare 3.0

Fried cannelloni from Gragnano stuffed with Agerola provola, burrata, and Cetara anchovies - cannellone di gragnano fritto ripieno di provola di agerola, burrata e alici di cetara

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

Galician-style octopus cooked at low temperature, coral tuile, crispy rice

DESSERT

All inclusive

Lemon and strawberry tartlet - tartaletta al limone e fragole

Sud Mediterraneo

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Voulevant con uovo di quaglia e tartufo fresco/Vol-au-vent with quail egg and fresh truffle

Bruschetta pesto e pomodori datterini - bruschetta with pesto and datterini tomatoes

Truffle Balls - Sfere al Tartufo

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Spaghetti with anchovy sauce from Cetara, shrimp, and zucchini petals./Spaghetti con colatura di alici di Cetara, gamberi e petali di zucchine

Tagliatelle di gragnano al tartufo nero fresco e funghi porcini - Tagliatelle gragnano with fresh black truffle and porcini mushrooms -

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Podolica veal cutlet with arugula and parmesan/Tagliata di vitello podolico con rucola e parmiggiano

Black Casertano piglet roll cooked at low temperature with red wine Aglianico sauce and potato chips/Rolle`di maialino nero casertano cotto a bassa temperatura con salsa di vino rosso aglianico e chips di patate

Ricciola con salsa al limone, capperi -Amberjack with lemon sauce, capers

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Assortimento di mini pasticceria artigianale locale - Assortment of local artisan mini pastries

Tiramisu` al pistacchio - Pistachio tiramisu

Tapas e Paella da Barcellona a Napoli (Buffet style)

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Tacchino tonné:bruschetta con petto di tacchino cotto a bassa temperatura, finto corallo e tuorlo d'uovo marinato- Turkey tonné: bruschetta with turkey breast cooked at low temperature, fake coral and marinated egg yolk

Bruschette Caprese :con burrata, pomodorini e prosciutto crudo crudo -- bruschetta Caprese : with burrata, cherry tomatoes and raw ham -

Crostini fantasia: con pesto, mandorle tostate, noci e fonduta di caciocavallo podolico-Fantasia crostini: with pesto, toasted almonds, walnuts and caciocavallo podolico fondue

Polpette tricolore al pomodoro, fonduta di parmigiano e crema di basilico-Tricolor meatballs with tomato sauce, parmesan fondue and basil cream

Cheeseburger: hamburger, formaggio, salsa BBQ -cheeseburger: burger, cheese, BBQ sauce

Sfere croccanti: crema di formaggio, prosciutto crudo croccante e erbette aromatiche-Crispy spheres: cream cheese, crispy cured ham and aromatic herbs

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

Paella ai frutti di mare/ Seafood paella

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

DESSERT

All inclusive

Tiramisu` al pistacchio - Pistachio tiramisu

B.B.Q. Fire and Flavor from Argentina to Naples - Fuoco e Sapore da Argentina a Napoli

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Selection of 3 cheeses and 3 hams, dried fruits, seasonal fruit, homemade Selezione di 3 formaggi e 3 prosciutti, frutti secchi, frutta di stagione, taralli caserecci, miele e marmellate, honey and jams-

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

Costine di maiale affumicato al miele

Picaña con riduzione di vino rosso Taurasi

Salsiccia con salsa chimichurri

Pollo a bassa temperatura con salsa di miele e senape

Mais al burro

Funghi ripieni con crema di asparagi gratinati

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

DESSERT

All inclusive

Gelato artigianale al cioccolato

Wedding Menu`2025

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Salmon and caviar spheres

Vol-au-vent with fresh truffle cream and quail egg

Scallops at low temperature, vegetable vinaigrette

Cone of fried squid and shrimp

Shrimp with garlic, chili pepper, and mushrooms

Mini veal hamburger with chef's sauce, truffle cheese

Greek salad

Selection of 3 local cheeses

Selection of 3 local hams

FIRST COURSE

All inclusive

Burrata with truffle, arugula, confit cherry tomatoes, and almond pesto

Ravioli with ricotta and ham with saffron sauce and Parmigiano Reggiano fondue

Tagliatelle with marinara sauce and shrimp

MAIN COURSE

All inclusive

Lemon sorbets

Tenderloin of veal with fresh truffle sauce and porcini mushrooms

Sea bass roll, zucchini, asparagus and champagne sauce

DESSERT

All inclusive

( Pre -dessert) Chocolate ice cream with buffalo milk

Wedding cake (to be chosen with the client)

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Chef Antonio's reviews

4.8

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I don’t even know where to start with this review. Antonio and team were amazing. I booked him for a surprise proposal and he was part of the whole process. He was engaged, answered all my questions and help organise, source and set up the surprise proposal. He is also the most lovely man and yet he does all this AND cooks amazing food! Our meal and drinks were out of this world. He mad everything I asked for and made them perfect. I think not booking this amazing Chef would be a mistake. I can not wait to come out to Italy again and rebook him over and over again. For any occasion he would be perfect. So if you reading this review just know I don’t give out positive reviews lightly and he made my day and my fiancés dream come true. One of a kind with an amazing talent!

Very easy and affordable to make your trip incredible. Book Antonio now!

Such a warm chef duo, their service was impeccable and the dishes were both delicious and beautiful! Also accommodated a full gluten free menu, which was amazing ????

Chef Antonio and his wife were wonderful! They customized the menu for us and we were blown away ! We also asked them for wine pairings and the recommendations were spot on!

Chefs Antonio & Tania were a dream to work with (and be around). They created a menu for our Italy trip, which was for my 40th birthday, and it was delectable. They catered to our preferences and made some of our favorite dishes. Not only were they flexible (adjusted time, added dishes last minute, offered other options), but they went above and beyond for us and our kids. It felt more like a full service dining experience rather than just a prepared and served meal. We got to know more about them and their families, and danced as we enjoyed the coast. The conversation was lovely and the food was memorable. Please, consider this wonderful pair for your next event. We will be working with them again on our next trip! x

Chef Antonio and his wife were both amazing. Food was divine, communication impeccable, and service outstanding! They truly made our first night in Positano special! 5 stars and highly recomend!

Amazing food and amazing chef! Food tasted fresh and very punctual

We love Chef Antonio and his wife Chef Tonya! They are professional, kind, and personable. They arrived on time and were easy to adapt to our kitchen and family! They enjoyed playing with our baby niece which made the experience more fun!! Their presentation and overall delivery of the dinner was just what we hoped for. We are having them back a second time in our trip! We are very happy to have them.

Antonio and Tania were absolutely incredible. They were flexible with our schedule, very kind, and prepared one of the most enjoyable meals I’ve had in my life. Every dish was as visually appealing as it was to the tastebuds and the amount of food was perfect.

The chefs were amazing! We had planned to have a very last minute breakfast service for my dad's birthday. It was a very reasonable price for a service that exceeded our expectations. The chefs were very outgoing and friendly, the service was incredible and the food kept coming. Near the end we had to ask them to stop bringing food because it was so much! Which isn't the worst problem to have. The cleanup after was spotless. They were incredible and made my dads birthday so special. Can not recommend enough!!!

Throughout the planning process, Antonio was accommodating and easy to communicate with. I was traveling to Italy for a 50th birthday celebration with 12 other women, friends and family. I asked Antonio to develop a surprise menu and he really delivered. We were in truffle heaven! We started our experience with appetizers on our back terrace overlooking the sea. Everything was delicious and Antonio and his partner Tanya were absolutely delightful. We moved inside for our dinner course and they had arranged our table beautifully and even surprised me with some 50th birthday balloons in a centerpiece. Highlights of our menu included a wonderful bruschetta, a truffle mousse appetizer (I admit, I licked the plate), and veal with truffle risotto. We rounded out our meal with pistachio tiramisu. I cannot recommend chef Antonio and Tanya highly enough.

This was an amazing experience. The food was so good and the value is amazing. Thank you so much - we had the best time.

Chef Antonio and his wife Tonya were an absolute delight and the epitome of professional and truly talented!! We worked together, in advance, on the menu for a very special dinner in Praiano while on vacation . They arrived (with smiles on their faces) at a very hard to find rental location. The aperitifs and first and second dishes were spectacularly plated and tasted incredible. Chef Antonio was gracious to substitute some of the dishes based upon our allergies and food preferences. They offered a variety of delicious desserts to close out the night. Watching them prepare the dinner in our rental was so much fun AND they cleaned up everything!! They were a pure joy. Sweet to talk to and funny too!! I highly recommend!!!

Tout était absolument parfait ! De bons produits, des chefs professionnels, arrangeants, discrets, qui ont tout laissé propre ensuite. Tout était sur mesure pour nous. On a pu profiter au maximum. Les menus étaient excellents et parfaitement en accord avec la description. Un moment inoubliable que nous avons passé tous ensemble au delà du menu, nous nous en souviendrons toujours. Mille mercis à Antonio et sa femme. Très tristes de savoir qu’on ne les reverra peut être pas. Allez y les yeux fermés.

Antonio deserves a 6* rating

Great experience, I'm already thinking about another occasion to bring Antonio back home. Such a wonderful dinner!

Antonio y Tanya nos han hecho pasar una velada maravillosa. Dos grandes profesionales, cercanos y atentos. Repetiremos seguro. Muchas gracias a ambos!

Fantástica experiencia con el chef Antonio y Tanya. Muy atentos en todo desde el primer momento y muy cercanos durante el evento. Estamos muy agradecidos con el servicio y con ganas de repetir.

muy buen concepto, un servicio sublime en la comodidad de tu casa

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