[6] After A–Z Restaurants went into administration in November 2004, Locatelli said that he was interested in purchasing Zafferano.

[7] The group, including Zafferano, was sold back to Claudio Pulze with a new partner, John De Stefano.

[9] The restaurant's menu is influenced by the previous restaurants at which Locatelli worked, including The Savoy Hotel and at Olivo, where the menu was centred on Italian peasant foods.

[1] It was initially launched with a series of set price menus, with the idea that the menus would be changed on a monthly basis, and the dishes avoid using butter as an ingredient.

[11] Matthew Norman, writing for The Daily Telegraph in 2003, described it as "one of the best restaurants around", although he did criticise the attitude of its staff.