Wines and Brands is happy to welcome Italien Chef Simone Rugiati for the creation of two new wines for the Signature Chef Collection.

The chef and TV presenter Simone Rugiati became a famous face on TV in Italy with a seven-year run on the hit cookery show La Prova del Cuoco – the Test of the Cook – a hugely popular daytime programme on Rai Uno. Rugiati has also presented numerous programmes on the satellite TV food channel Gambero Rosso and since 2010 he has been the face of Cuochi e Fiamme – Cooks and Flames – a cookery contest on the La7 network in which two non-professional chefs cook the same dish and see their efforts marked by a panel of judges.