About me
Lorenzo was born in this particular beautiful part of Italy, Amalfi Coast.
As a kid the memories of his mother cooking in the kitchen of their hotel, creating little food miracles for the family and for the guests, have captured his mind ,heart and soul.
As he was growing up, along with the studies in hotel management, sommelier and bartender, he was exploring and learning his “passion”….that’s how Lorenzo describes it….. cooking.
After he has completed a successful professional circle as a many times awarded in National competitions bartender and sommelier he decided that he feels better in his chef’s jacket than in the sommelier one!!!
The last 15 years he is traveling through the Alps for the winter period working in several private luxury chalets and the summer returns to his beloved Italy to run the family hotel and to cook for his guests.
In the summer he looks after his favorite clients between his beloved Amalfi Coast and the prestigious Cote d’Azur France.
They say….you cannot understand better a chef than from his plates….
Buon appetito !
THE DEL PIZZO’S
I always liked to believe that families have a lot in common with recipies.
The members of a family are the ingredients, the ambience they grow up and the influences they get are the cooking procedure, the result is the family itself.
So here is the DelPizzo’s recipe
INGREDIENTS
MAMA ANNAMARIA ( 20 gr)
The “legend” of La Margherita (family hotel), she was cooking…
I was looking and learning. She played the major part in all my cooking development, first recipies taken from her…still my favorite dish is “pollo della mamma”.
When I return from my journeys… I can’t wait to sit on the table and eat what she has prepared for me!!!
PAPA ENZO ( 20 gr)
The “artist”, a musician, a composer, a poet, a writer, just a few qualities of my father.
Always present to “dress” with his amazing songs, beautiful summer events. Always present in my life as my father and a valuable friend.
MY SISTER LAURA (20 gr)
“She runs like the wind”.
Mother of 3 wonderful children and executive chef in the kitchen of a luxury “benessere” in Rome.
She has found the way to adjust our rich in calories South Italian Cusine in a less heavy one.
We organize unforgettable events together.
MY SISTER CECILIA (20 gr)
“Happy hour with Cecilia”…and that’s true…because when the guests of Villa Giuseppina visit the bar,
my sister Cecilia welcomes them with her warm smile, ready to offer them her amazing cocktails and make them feel special and like their home!!!
MY COMPANION ATHENA (20 gr)
“My Greek Goddess”…
Athena organizes me, inspires me, supports and loves me. She is my partner in life and work.
With Athena during the years we have been together we had some great ideas….
The best one we had is our son Vincenzo…now we try our own family recipe…
PROCESS
All the above “ingredients” are around me, I love them, I argue with them, I agree and disagree with them.
We breathe the same fresh air of the Amalfi Coast, we look at the beautiful …full of stars sky, we support, we love and we inspire each other.
In this cooking process of my family’s recipe, I need to send a huge thanks to my grandfather Lorenzo and my grandmother Guiseppina, they were the ones that they open the way to the rest of us. I will always remember and love them.
