Trattoria Emilia x Marco Dazzan x Alessandro Luppolo

Trattoria Emilia has spent ten years transporting people to Italy without leaving Melbourne, guided by head chefs and owners Francesco and Dino.

Marco specialises in authentic Italian fine dining and has built his career around Italian private dining in Melbourne.

Alessandro earned his Michelin star in Hong Kong, cooked at Attica, and now makes single-origin chocolate in Elsternwick.

This lunch is what happens when the four of them build a menu together.

Sunday 12 July 2026
10 courses, A$165 per person (drinks not included)
Arrival from 12:00 pm, service at 12:30 pm sharp
Bookings only
No Sunday surcharge
No dietary modifications

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Menu

Entrée

Calamaro, lemon, chervil, bottarga

Seaweed tartelletta, baccalà mantecato, olive powder, garden microgreens

Pumpkin pan brioche, charred radicchio three ways, pumpkin seed crunch

Gnocco fritto di Trattoria, young balsamic, house-cured duck prosciutto with orange and gin, stracchino

Potato millefoglie, double-cooked, Wagyu tartare, hazelnut mousse, fresh local truffle

Pasta

Tortelli filled with artichoke and potato, roasted leek foam, burnt leek dust

Main

Classic roast suckling lamb with herbs and seasonal garden roots

Pre-dessert

Citrus fruit salad: crème anglaise, citrus segments, vanilla oil, lemongrass gel, caramelised buckwheat tuile

Dessert

Sweet potato custard, gingerbread, chestnut cream and maple syrup gelato

Petite fours

Candied fruit, chocolate bonbons, single-origin chocolate bar

Note: We cannot accommodate dietary restrictions.

Francesco the head chef and owner of Trattoria Emilia smiles outside the restaurant in a white chef shirt and dark apron with "Emilia" embroidered on the chest. A black brick wall and blurred doorway frame the portrait.

Francesco

Francesco grew up in Modena and cooked in some of Italy's and Australia's finest kitchens before co-founding Trattoria Emilia in 2015. His approach to cuisine is instinctively creative. The way he reads a kitchen, an ingredient, a menu, is what gives Trattoria Emilia its character.

Head Chef & Owner - Trattoria Emilia
Dino the head chef and owner of Trattoria Emilia smiles outside the restaurant in a white chef shirt and dark apron with "Emilia" embroidered on the chest. A black brick wall and blurred doorway frame the portrait.

Dino

Dino grew up in Palermo and his pasta defies easy explanation. He takes a dish from a completely different tradition, rebuilds it as a pasta, and makes it feel like it could never have been anything else. That instinct is central to what Trattoria Emilia's kitchen is.

Head Chef & Owner - Trattoria Emilia

Marco's cooking is grounded in a deep knowledge of Italian fine dining. What he brings to the table is not just technique but an understanding of why Italian food works the way it does.

Personal Chef

Marco Dazzan

Alessandro makes chocolate the way a chef thinks, not a confectioner. He brought a Michelin-starred pastry background and time at Attica to a small shop in Elsternwick, and built something that sits in a completely different category.

Pastry Chef

Alessandro Luppolo

Event details

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Date

Sunday 12 July 2026

Arrival: from 12:00pm
Service begins: 12:30pm sharp

Bookings only

Price

The menu is $165 per person
Food menu only. Drinks and additional items are charged separately.

No Sunday surcharge applies

No dietary modifications

Location

Trattoria Emilia

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Emilia-Romagna at the base

Marco's classical Italian touch through the savoury courses

Alessandro with pastry and single-origin chocolate

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FAQs

  • No. This is a set menu and modifications cannot be made. Please consider this before booking.

  • No. The menu is A$165 per person. On the day, you will have access to our full wine and cocktail list, plus an optional wine pairing.

  • Yes it is at Trattoria Emilia. Get directions.

  • Doors open from 12:00pm. Lunch begins at 12:30pm sharp for all guests.

  • Bookings for up to eight guests can be made directly. For groups of nine or more, please get in touch at functions@emiliamelbourne.com.au and we will do our best to accommodate you.

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  • A credit card is required to hold your booking. Changes can be made online via OpenTable up to 3 days before the event. Cancellations, no-shows, or reductions in guest count within 3 days may incur a charge of A$165 per person.

  • No, there is no Sunday surcharge.

  • No formal dress code. Smart casual is always welcome.

  • We are located in Melbourne's CBD. Full address and directions are available here.

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Sunday 12 July 2026
10 courses, A$165 per person (drinks not included)
Arrival from 12:00pm, service at 12:30pm sharp
Bookings only
No Sunday surcharge
No dietary modifications