Awards & Recognition
★James Beard Award Best Chef Mid-Atlantic (2005)
★Food & Wine Best New Chefs (2000)
★Philadelphia Inquirer highest restaurant rating
★AAA Five Diamond Restaurant
★Multiple James Beard nominations (Outstanding Chef 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020)
Notable Facts
→James Beard Award winner for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic (2005)
→Founded Vetri Cucina in 1998, now a Philadelphia fine dining staple
→Owns multiple restaurants across Philadelphia and Las Vegas
→Author of five award-winning cookbooks
→Founder of Vetri Community Partnership nonprofit for nutrition education
→Trained extensively in Bergamo, Italy
→103K Instagram followers
→34.6K Twitter followers
→Multiple James Beard nominations for Outstanding Chef