What Dario Cecchini is known for
Dario Cecchini is an eighth-generation artisan butcher in Panzano in Chianti. His macelleria on Via XX Luglio follows a nose-to-tail philosophy in which nothing is wasted. The shop sells jars of house preparations, runs a grill-only menu and a grill truck, and ships boxes of its recipes from Panzano.
Dario Cecchini carries on the craft of the artisan butcher in the eighth generation of his family. His shop stands on Via XX Luglio in Panzano in Chianti, where he guards the flavours of his own land. The philosophy is summed up in a few words, dal naso alla coda, from nose to tail. Nothing is wasted, and every part of the animal has dignity and finds its place in the kitchen. From that idea come the preparations and the jars sold in the macelleria and shipped from Panzano. The website states plainly that there are no rare breeds and no cover-page names, only beef raised with care. Alongside the butcher's counter run a grill-only menu and a small truck with a grill on board, which also appears in San Giovanni Valdarno. A warning greets visitors at the door, abandon all hope you who enter, you are in the hands of the butcher. Boxes of four jars can be assembled from the house recipes, and a meal voucher can be bought for Panzano. Shipping times and costs are calculated by destination, and the shop says good things do not like haste.
In the press
- Financial Times 2025
Best for — Eighth generation, nose-to-tail, Dante quotes, global icon.
N/A (restaurant/butcher).
Where next
- Fonte dos Namorados — Portugal
- Castello Vicchiomaggio — Italy
- The Ginger Pig — London
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