Executive Chef · Gotti Italiano · Singapore CBD

Chef Marco Santoro
at Gotti Italiano

Executive Chef & Culinary Director — Authentic Southern Italian Cuisine, Singapore

20 years in Michelin-starred kitchens across Rome, Milan, and Bologna. Now at 78 Amoy Street, Singapore — bringing Southern Italian culinary authority to Gotti Italiano's $38++ lunch, handmade pasta programme, and acclaimed dinner menu.

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20+

Years of Experience

Rome · Milan · Bologna

Daily

Fresh Pasta

Hand-Rolled Every Morning

4.8★

Google Rating

Best Italian Chef Singapore

Kuisine

Koncepts Group

30+ Years of Excellence

Executive Chef & Culinary Director

Chef Marco Santoro

Chef Marco Santoro's career is rooted in the great restaurant kitchens of Italy. Twenty years working under Michelin-starred chefs in Rome, Milan, and Bologna shaped a culinary worldview that is precise, tradition-respecting, and uncompromising on the quality of every ingredient that reaches a plate.

At Gotti Italiano, Chef Marco has built a kitchen programme that brings genuine Southern Italian authority to Singapore's CBD — from the hand-rolled pasta made fresh every morning to the Neapolitan-style pizza that has earned Gotti its reputation, to the slow-cooked mains that reward anyone willing to slow down long enough to appreciate them.

Part of Kuisine Koncepts — 30+ Years of Singapore Hospitality Excellence

Culinary Philosophy

The Honest Italian Plate

Generational Technique, Not Trend-Driven Cooking

Chef Marco Santoro's culinary education was built in the kitchens of Rome, Milan, and Bologna — cities where Italian cooking is treated as a living tradition rather than a reference point. Over 20 years in Michelin-starred environments, he absorbed the fundamentals that most chefs never get close enough to properly learn: the precise hydration of pasta dough, the low-heat patience of a true ragù, the restraint that makes a Neapolitan pizza crust extraordinary rather than ordinary.

The Honest Plate — Substance Over Performance

Chef Marco's philosophy at Gotti Italiano is defined by a single conviction: exceptional ingredients, prepared with skill, need nothing else. The Burrata Pesce E Arabica, the Linguine with Tiger Prawns, the 12-Hour Wagyu Beef Cheek — each dish is a demonstration of this principle. No unnecessary complexity, no technique deployed for its own sake. Just the clearest possible expression of what the ingredient wants to be.

Southern Italian Heritage in a Singapore CBD Setting

Transplanting Southern Italian authenticity to Singapore's CBD without losing its soul is the daily challenge Chef Marco navigates. The seasonal evolution of the menu, the sourcing decisions, the balance between the $38++ lunch and the à la carte dinner — all of it is directed toward one goal: creating the kind of Italian restaurant that a Neapolitan would recognise, respect, and eat in again.

Chef Marco's Kitchen