Viviana Varese, winner of the 2011 Gambero Rosso Prize "Best emerging young chef", shows us how to make a tartare of Fassone (Piemontese beef) – an elegant and very tasty dish!

Benvenuti In Galera (Welcome to Jail) is a documentary film that tells the story of the world's first restaurant opened inside a correctional facility, the Bollate prison, near Milan. You can find notes and extra information in this special lesson.

There are morning tasks to be done at the kitchen trailer of the prison. The delivery truck from Metro (a leading wholesaler) has parked too far away, which doesn't sit well with the head of the kitchen crew. One of the vegetables delivered was topinambur (Jerusalem artichoke).

In the restaurant inside Bollate prison, activities to be carried out are planned. The work in the kitchen must be well organized to offer good service.

The debut of the restaurant in prison was challenging but also exciting. The most important thing about cooking is that food brings everyone together and is convivial.

Silvia Polleri, a catering expert, had never dealt with prison until she received a proposal from the director of Bollate prison, and that's when this culinary adventure in jail began.

In this part, we see an excerpt from a job interview with one of the inmates at Bollate. The young man tells about the different detention experiences he had had before coming to Bollate.

Davide is discussing the menus with Silvia and Riccardo, who is the one who pays the bills, evidently. Davide had a little mix up with his fish orders, but is coming clean about it.

Davide is still talking about the fact that char is a trout and that people need to understand that freshwater fish is as good as seafood. Meanwhile, Mrs. Silvia is planning a trip to Opera (near Milan) where there is an important prison.

Being a waiter in this unique restaurant is a special experience, from putting on the uniform to serving all kinds of customers.

The owner, Silvia, recounts that during the restaurant's first year, the New York Times discovered the place and that's when she realized it was the first of its kind in the entire world. She also tells the story of how the chef, Davide, was hired.

The pastry chef of the restaurant "In Galera" tells us about how important his role makes him feel. What he likes most is preparing cakes and cookies for family visits.

Silvia talks about how she finds candidates for the restaurant kitchen from the central kitchen, which prepares the meals for the inmates. The restaurant workers are impacted positively because it means they have a real job, with a paycheck, including social security, which can look good on a resume.

Silvia and Chef Davide are discussing a reservation, and she maintains that Davide should be more flexible regarding the changes communicated by the customer. Silvia also talks about what "alternative measures" are all about.

"An inmate is not a walking crime". This is how Silvia emphasizes that the inmates are people with everyday lives and their personal stories, and deserve some respect. It is healthy for people on the outside to become familiar with what prison is and can be.