“With olive oil from head chef Lino Sauro’s Sicilian family farm, this new Sydney restaurant will deliver pretty much everything you could dream of to satisfy your Italian craving.”
“How many more good chefs can Kensington snare?…The latest…acquisition is Lino Sauro, a Sicilian chef who’s made his name heading up some of Singapore’s best Italian restaurants.”
AUSTRALIAN GOOD FOOD GUIDE
Dishing Up Sicilian Culture on the Plate
“Coming from a long lineage of self-sufficient farmers, Lino Sauro grew up with meals that were created from produce the family farmed themselves on family land.Born in Gangi, Sicily, this award-winning Chef now calls Sydney home as he oversees the kitchen at Olio Kensington Street, nestled in The Old Rum Store in Chippendale.”
GOURMET TRAVELLER WINE
‘O’ For Outstanding
“Trading one island for another, Sicily’s Lino Sauro set up shop in Sydney, creating the stunning menu at Olio.
Here he shares half a dozen delicious recipes, all matched with wines picked by Peter Bourne. ”
AUSTRALIAN TRAVELLER
Hip Hood: Chippendale
“Olio Kensington Street opened earlier this year and has been quick to impress with its authentic Sicilian fare. Award-winning chef Lino Sauro, a Sicilian native, uses seasonal ingredients typical of his island home, including plenty of fresh seafood. Located in the newly restored Old Rum Store building, the space is flanked by bare brick walls and arched windows, or enjoy an Aperol Spritz on the rooftop terrazza.”
BROADSHEET
What to Expect at Lino Sauro’s New Sydney Restaurant
Singapore’s best Italian chef will serve Sicilian seafood on a Chippendale rooftop.
“How many more good chefs can Kensington snare?…The latest…acquisition is Lino Sauro, a Sicilian chef who’s made his name heading up some of Singapore’s best Italian restaurants… His reputation…is built on simplicity and seasonality.”
URBAN WALKABOUT
The Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings Of 2017
“The Italian name for olive oil, Olio brings traditional Sicillian dining to the buzzing Kensington Street precinct. Headed up by internationally acclaimed chef Lino Sauro, the restaurant draws influences from Sicily’s natural environment and relations with North Africa and Mediterranean Europe: showcasing seafood, wild fennel, saffron…”
GOOD FOOD
Award-winning Sicilian chef Lino Sauro bound for Olio, Chippendale
“Chippendale has snared another international chef, with Singapore’s award-winning Sicilian-born Lino Sauro set to swing open the doors at Olio. Sauro tells Good Food…‘The focus will be on seafood. While my background is Sicilian, I use a lot of the spices and influences of North Africa and the Middle East.’…Olio will be one to watch.”
EAT DRINK PLAY
Kensington Street welcomes the newest kid on the block, Olio Restaurant.
“With a strong Sicilian focus interwoven into the entire menu, from its food to its wine list, Sauro proves how Sicilian cuisine is the ‘new Italian’… Sauro comes from a long line of farmers, in which meals were created using quality produce… Sauro sources all of the olive oil in his dishes from the family’s Sicilian farm.”
CONCRETE PLAYGROUND
Renowned Sicilian Chef to Open New Sydney Restaurant Olio
Lino Sauro will bring traditional Sicilian dining to a stunning rooftop terrace.
“Sauro has spent the past ten years in Singapore where he headed Sicilian restaurant Gattopardo. His new Sydney venture…Olio…the Italian word for olive oil — a very appropriate name given that olive oil…will be sourced from his family farm in Sicily.”
HOSPITALITY MAGAZINE
Sicilian restaurant, Olio, to open in Kensington Street precinct
“Sicilian-born chef Lino Sauro (Gattopardo, Garibaldi Singapore) will open Olio in Chippendale’s Kensington Street precinct in early 2017. Olio (Italian for olive oil) will occupy the restored Old Rum Store, with a contemporary indoor dining room and rooftop terrace overlooking Chippendale.”