Celebrity Chef Fabio Viviani Dining Experience

Fabio Viviani has harbored a passion for food since his childhood in Florence, Italy. Between training in Italian and Mediterranean cuisines at top hospitality schools, working with culinary luminaries Alessandro Panzani and Saverio Carmagnini, Fabio also owned and successfully executed multiple concepts in Florence. By the time he was 27, he operated two nightclubs and five restaurants. In 2005, Fabio moved to California, where he opened his first US-based restaurants - Café Firenze, Firenze Osteria, Bar Firenze, and Mercato by Fabio Viviani - all in the Los Angeles area.

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In 2013, Fabio teamed up with DineAmic Hospitality and launched Siena Tavern, Bar Siena, Prime & Provisions, Builders Building, and BomboBar in Chicago. He also opened additional Mercato by Fabio Viviani concepts across the country.

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In 2016, Fabio expanded his brand into airports with the opening of Osteria by Fabio Viviani, which won USA Today’s Reader’s Choice Award for “Best Airport Sit Down Dining.”

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In 2017, he launched his casino brands with Portico by Fabio Viviani in New York’s del Lago Resort & Casino. This was soon followed by a partnership with Penn National Gaming, where he developed The Eatery by Fabio Viviani, a massively successful modern food and beer hall. Located in four Hollywood Casino properties in the Northeast, offerings include very diverse cuisines: Mercato, The Classic, Zen Noodle, and Joe & Dough.

 

Fabio also lead the development for the largest gaming and hospitality deal to date in a single property by creating eight restaurant concepts under one roof in partnership with Morongo Resort Casino and SPA in Cabazon, California.