Wine Dinner - Saturday, November 2, 2024

Chef Andrea began his formal culinary education while working in a bakery in his hometown of Anacapri at the early age of seven.  At fourteen, he left Capri to travel to Germany, Switzerland, England and South America to further his culinary training in some of the best hotels in Europe and abroad. 

 
After working 35 years in kitchens all over the world under some of the finest most respected chefs, Chef Andrea moved to Bermuda in 1973 to work at the Southampton Princess Hotel and later in Hamilton Princess Hotel.  In 1975 he came to the United States as Executive Sous-Chef of the Omni International Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.  And in 1977 he moved to New Orleans as Executive Chef of the Royal Orleans Hotel, a position he held until January, 1985 when he left to open Andrea’s, his life-long dream.  

During the course of his culinary work experience, Chef Andrea has prepared culinary dishes for such notables as Queen Elizabeth, Princess Ann, President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, Senator Ted Kennedy, Clint Eastwood, Omar Shariff, Sophia Loren, Senator Jack Kemp, Lee Meriwether and Tommy Lasorda.  

In 1990, Chef Andrea published his first cookbook, “La Cucina di Andrea’s,” which contains over 300 recipes from his select collection. In 1994 Chef Andrea published his second book, “Andrea’s Light Cookbook,” which contains recipes that are low fat, low cholesterol and low-calorie dishes and are approved by the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association.  

Chef Andrea belongs to many prestigious organizations such as The Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs, International Wine & Food Society, Vatel Club, Les Toque Blanches, GRI (Gruppo Ristoranti Italiani), James Bear Foundation and the Certified Executive Chef Association, to name just a few.