Claudio Bincoletto is an Italian chef, ethnobotanist and expert on wild food. Originally from Fossolta di Piave near Venice, Claudio began collecting herbs for local herbalists and restaurants as a child.
While he later trained as a chef, it was during Claudio’s National Service with the Italian Army that he was selected for special training as forager so that he could feed the troops in whatever terrain they found themselves. Following his return to civilian life, Claudio studied agronomy, with a particular interest in biodynamic farming methods, an interest that he continues to apply in the ongoing management of the small herb farm which he continues to run with his mother and sister near Venice and in the work that he does for organisations such as Diversity for Life (
http://diversityforlife.org/category/artists-and-chefs). Whatever the season and wherever he is, Claudio will always able to find something to eat and share with others.
