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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS * Award winning culinary professional with over 28 years' experience in the creation and preparation of specialized cuisine for fine dining establishments known for unusual / internationally-influenced cuisine * 1992 Graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY * Trained under Media Chefs David Burke, Park Avenue Caf�, NYC Charlie Palmer, Aureole, NYC Craig Shelton, Ryland Inn, NJ Alain Sailhac, Plaza Hotel, NYC * Other notable restaurants employed by include Marcello's, NYC Shore Hills Hilton (Five Diamond), NJ and Caf� L' Europe, Palm Beach, FL * Featured on Food Network's "Dining Around" and "The Bobby Flay Christmas Special" * Recipe for "Sunday Sauce" featured on Food Network's Molto Mario in 2002 * Assisted in creating recipes for the book "Italian Comfort Food: Intensive Eating from Fresco by Scotto Restaurant" * Food featured on The Today Show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show and Good Day New York * Created recipe used for Fresco's 3lb. Cheese Lasagna in Marinara Sauce sold on QVC Home Shopping Network * Selected by Bridgehampton Polo Grounds, Long Island, NY, to cater the 2001Mercedes-Benz Challenge Cup * Feature story in Wellington the Magazine in 2008 * Trained in classical, contemporary and regional ethnic cuisines including Italian, Pan Asian, Pacific Rim, Thai, French, German, Irish and Regional American

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