Andrea Apuzzo
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Andrea Apuzzo is an Italian-American chef. His restaurant, Andrea's, in Metairie, Louisiana, United States,{{cite web | last=Mariani | first=John | title=Best Steaks in America - Top American Steaks | website=Esquire | date=August 28, 2008 | url=http://www.esquire.com/features/steak/best-steaks-0908 | access-date=December 28, 2015}} is one of the New Orleans area's noted restaurants.
Apuzzo was born and raised in Italy, on the Isle of Capri, but has traveled and cooked in Europe, the Caribbean, and the United States. He has published two cookbooks, La Cucina di Andrea's and Andrea's Light Cookbook, and received the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and the DiRoNA Excellence Award, among others.
Biography
Apuzzo began his formal culinary education while working in a bakery in his home town of Anacapri. At fourteen, he left Capri to travel to Germany, Switzerland, England and South America to further his culinary training in Europe and abroad.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}}
After working 35 years in kitchens all over the world, Apuzzo moved to Bermuda in 1973 to work at the Southampton Princess Hotel and later the Hamilton Princess Hotel. In 1975, he came to the United States as Executive Sous-Chef of the Omni International Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. 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.{{cite book | last1=McCaffety | first1=K. | last2=Laborde | first2=P.S. | title=Etouffee, Mon Amour: The Great Restaurants of New Orleans | year=2002 | publisher=Pelican Publishing | isbn=978-1-4556-0389-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xft0MoDuwfkC&pg=PA185 | page=185}}
Apuzzo belongs to organizations such as The Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs, International Wine & Food Society, Vatel Club, Les Toque Blanches, GRI (Gruppo Ristoranti Italiani), the James Beard Foundation and the Certified Executive Chef Association. Apuzzo has received the Wine Spectator of Excellence Award and the Distinguished Restaurants of North America (DiRona) Excellence Awards.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
Works
In 1990, Apuzzo published his first cookbook, La Cucina di Andrea's,{{cite book | title=La cucina di Andrea's | via=WorldCat.org | date=October 17, 2008 | oclc=22197109 | url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22197109 | access-date=December 28, 2015}} which contains over 300 recipes. In 1994, Apuzzo published his second book, Andrea's Light Cookbook,{{cite book | title=Andrea's light | via=WorldCat.org | date=October 17, 2008 | oclc=31891592 | url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31891592 | access-date=December 28, 2015}} which contains recipes for low fat, low cholesterol and low calorie dishes that are approved by the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web | last=MacCash | first=Doug | title=Chef Andrea Apuzzo celebrates 30 years of northern Italian cooking at Andrea's restaurant in Metairie | website=The Times-Picayune | date=January 15, 2015 | url=http://www.nola.com/dining/index.ssf/2015/01/chef_andrea_apuzzo_of_andreas.html | access-date=December 27, 2015}}
- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBjVBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT59|title=Tom Fitzmorris's Hungry Town|page=pt59|isbn=9781613127971|last1=Fitzmorris|first1=Tom|date=15 October 2014|publisher=ABRAMS }}
- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hxy7QrStgX0C&pg=PA195|title=Food Lovers' Guide to New Orleans|page=195|isbn=9780762775996|last1=Retz|first1=Becky|last2=Gaffney|first2=James|date=20 December 2011|publisher=Globe Pequot }}
- {{cite web | title=Persona: Andrea Apuzzo | website=New Orleans Magazine | date=September 1, 2000 | url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-60209763.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220222034/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-60209763.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 20, 2016 | access-date=December 27, 2015}} {{subscription required}}
External links
- [http://www.andreasrestaurant.com/ Andrea's website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111217002049/http://www.andreasrestaurant.com/chef.html Andrea's biography]
- [http://www.greatchefs.com/great-chefs/featured-chefs/andrea-apuzzo Great Chefs Profile]
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