Executive
Master Chef Rino Baglio , native of Como, Italy, joined
in 2006 Pazzaluna in the role of Executive Chef. “Rino,”
once the personal chef of Monaco’s Princess Caroline, has
been called upon to cook for international dignitaries including
Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan. He was also on
the team of chefs that prepared the wedding dinner for Princess
Diana and Prince Charles. Rino has also had the pleasure of cooking
for such celebrities as Liza Minelli, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank
Sinatra.
Rino earned Culinary Arts degrees from Cordon Bleu in Paris and
from the Amerigo Vespuci Institute of North Italy. He is a member
of the American Chef Federation and the Italian Chef Federation.
He has competed in countless international culinary competitions,
most recently winning three gold medals and one silver in the
2005 European Chef Competition in Lucerne, Switzerland, in which
he competed against more than 100 other top chefs.