In 2002 he opened Arquade, a restaurant in Hotel Villa del Quar-Relais and Châteaux in San Pietro in Cariano, Veneto. In 2006 the restaurant received two Michelin stars and 3 Gambero Rosso "forks". He left the restaurant in July 2010, and moved to Brazil. In 2016 he opened the restaurant Fourghetti, in Bologna.