![Martino da Como actually came from Blenio, and was the world’s first celebrity chef. Illustration by Marco Heer.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/maestro-martino-titel-300x225.jpg)
The world’s first celebrity chef
Maestro Martino left his Ticino mountain village, and became the first celebrity chef in history. He built his reputation in the kitchens of the powerful and rich in the 15th century, and is one of the co-founders of Italian cuisine!
![Aerial view of Grumo, 1954.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/grumo-1-300x169.jpg)
![Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan in a portrait painted by Andrea Mategna, c. 1459.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/kardinal-trevisan-234x300.jpg)
![Platinà kneeling before Pope Sixtus IV. The painting was created by Melozzo da Forlì around 1477.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/platina-226x300.jpg)
![A glimpse into the world’s first cookbook: “De honesta voluptate et valetudine”.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/buch-platina-235x300.jpg)