Honours
- 1986 Ambrogino d’Oro
- 1989 Personnalité de l’année for gastronomy
- 1990 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- 1991 Commendatore della Repubblica
- 1999 Longobardo d’Oro
- The Laurea Honoris Causa in Food Science from the Universitas Sancti Cyrilli in Rome
Grand Prix ‘Memoire et Gratitude’, awarded by the International Academy of Gatronomy.
He was one of the founders of Euro-Toques, an association of some 3000 of the world’s most important chefs, and was its international president (2000–2002).
As the University Rector of ALMA, which offers the first International Masters degree in Italian cuisine, Marchesi hopes to improve Italian catering and restaurant management.
In June 2008, Marchesi denounced the scoring system of Michelin, and "returned" the stars, challenging the voting system of the guide, and claiming to only want to receive comments and ratings. As a result, the 2009 edition, "disappears" the Marchesi restaurant, being cited as the restaurant in which, without any of the comments taken from Marquesas.
"What makes me indignant is that we Italians are still so naive as to entrust the success of our restaurants - despite the great strides that the industry has made - to a French guide, that last year, as usual, assigned the highest score to just 5 Italian restaurants, compared to 26 French. If this isn't a scandal, what is it? When, in June, I became polemical with Michelin I did it to set an example, to alert young people to help them understand that the passion for cooking cannot be subject to a vote. I know for certain, however, that many of them sacrifice themselves and work themseleves to exhaustion in order to gain a Michelin star. It is neither healthy nor fair." — Gualtiero Marchesi, November 2008- 2012 Laurea Honoris Causa in Gastronomy Science from the Universitas of Parma
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