Stanley Tucci Returns with ‘Tucci in Italy’ Season 2: Trailer (Exclusive)

Stanley Tucci is returning to the nation he loves for season 2 of Tucci in Italy.

In PEOPLE’s unique first take a look at the National Geographic journey and meals sequence, the 65-year-old actor reveals that he is visiting 5 new areas throughout Italy — Naples and Campania, Sicily, Le Marche, Sardinia, and Veneto — as he continues “to trace the link between Italy’s historical landscape and its culinary traditions,” the community mentioned in a press launch.

That even means going to the world’s smallest kingdom on Tavolara Island, which is dominated by the Bertoleoni household. The king, Antonio, additionally owns the restaurant Da Tonino, which is understood for its recent seafood paired with Sardinian wines.

In season 2, the Devil Wears Prada 2 star additionally visits Le Marche, a lesser-known vacation spot positioned in central Italy alongside the Adriatic coast that has largely been missed by worldwide vacationers; Naples, the place “he celebrates a once-forgotten vine grape;” and Veneto, the place tiramisù is claimed to have been invented by the spouse of a Treviso-based restaurant proprietor in 1969.

“In Italy, food is never just food. It’s memory, identity and, sometimes, a full-blown argument,” Tucci mentioned of the expertise of connecting meals with tradition in the nation.

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He added, “This season, we explore how the past continues to shape the present, one region and one extraordinary meal at a time. I’m so pleased to share these captivating stories and these wonderful people with you.”

While speaking to PEOPLE in May 2025 about the serieshe defined that “the one thing about Italy that is really interesting — and it’s not something that we have, really, in America much anymore — is that each region, and each part of each region, will use ingredients that are indigenous specifically to them.”

The present, in the meantime, fulfills a lifelong ardour for the actor. During his dialog with PEOPLE, he shared how his love of meals grew to become a significant a part of his life’s work.

“I grew up in a family that really put great importance on food, so that it started there,” Tucci defined. “I grew up in an Italian-American family, but then I lived in Florence when I was a kid, so I became really interested in the culture of Italy when I was younger, and I’ve always felt that way since.”

Tucci in ItalyNational Geographic’s Emmy-nominated sequence, will return with season 2 on the community beginning May 11 at 9 pm ET. All episodes will probably be out there to stream May 12 on Disney+ and Hulu.