Giorgio Nava’s Culinary Resurrection: 95 Keerom’s Grand Return to Cape Town’s Gastronomic Scene

Ladies and gentlemen, gather ’round and behold the grand announcement! Giorgio Nava, the culinary virtuoso, has decided to dust off the old Milanese cooking apron and revive the illustrious 95 Keerom this October. Yes, the very same restaurant that put him on the Cape Town gastronomic map back in the dinosaur era, circa 2003.

Giorgio, a man with more restaurants under his belt than you have mismatched socks, has cunningly blended the soul of North Italian cuisine with South African field-to-fork ingredients. The result? A chorus of flavors that have Cape Town diners rejoicing like they’ve just discovered fire, or at least a new food delivery app.

Bow down, for Giorgio has graciously accepted the title of ‘Founding Father’ of Italian food in Cape Town. His claim to fame? He was the first (yes, the first!) to introduce South Africans to a delightful assortment of pasta creations, decadent chocolate fondants that could induce a food coma, and beef carpaccio so thin, it’s practically transparent. All this since 2003, in a world where the wheel was considered cutting-edge technology.

But wait, there’s more! Giorgio’s culinary dominion isn’t confined to 95 Keerom. He also presides over Carné on Keerom and Carné on Kloof, where prime meat cuts are exhibited with the finesse of a tightrope walker in an Italian circus. And behold, 95 at Parks in Constantia, a place so sublime that even pigeons would trade breadcrumbs for a reservation. As if that weren’t enough, he’s thrown in Caffé Milano Pasticceria & Bar, a bona fide Italian pastry sanctuary and caffeine haven hiding at LOCAL on Heritage Square.

In a world where mere mortals dabble in cooking, Giorgio Nava is the culinary superhero Cape Town never knew it craved. So, mark your calendars, because when 95 Keerom flings open its doors, it’s a one-way ticket to a gustatory paradise, masterminded by the wizard who made Italian cuisine in Cape Town a reality. Bon appétit!