Our Team

Ettore Botrini is a Greek-Italian Chef born and raised in Corfu. He was inspired to become a Chef by his father’s love for cooking. He studied Tourism Management at the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne. He had the chance to gain culinary experience in 3 Michelin star-rated restaurants in France and Spain and work side by side with some world-class Chefs including his current friend, Martin Berasategui.

He is involved in a series of renowned gastronomic projects, and he is the Chef-Patron of two restaurants: Botrini’s, and Etrusco restaurant in Corfu, named after his father, one of the most historic restaurants in Greece.

According to Fnl Guide 2020, Ettore Botrini’s main contribution to Greek gastronomy is that he has been charged -by the most important culinary critics and institutions- with paving the way for the evolution of Greek cuisine as “in addition to being the best chef in the country… he is the man who ‘taught’ modern techniques to Greek customers and chefs.”

He is one of the most recognizable personalities of the Greek culinary scene as he has starred in a series of TV shows including the Greek version of “Kitchen Nightmare”. He speaks five languages fluently (Greek, Italian, Spanish, French & English).

Nikos Billis, our Head Chef from Thessaly, seduced as a child by the smell of freshly baked bread decided to become a chef. After working in a bakery during the summers of his teenage years he studied cooking inRhodes and later delved into the culture and operations of world-class Michelin star-ratedrestaurants such as Noma in Denmark, Miramar in Spain, Jardin des Sens in France, and De Librije in the Netherlands.

As a lover of nature, he is always in pursuit for the best ingredients and envisions a simple cuisine representative of the tradition of the Greek countryside. In 2016, he was awarded the Best Young Chef of the Mediterranean at the prestigious San Pellegrino Young Chef Academy competition.

Since 2011, he has been Chef Botrini’s main associate, leading the kitchens of Botrini’s, and Etrusco.