Aldo Vitale, the celebrated and award-winning Chef / Owner of Aldo's Ristorante Italiano, is no stranger to the kitchen or to Italian cuisine.

Born in the southern region of Calabria, Italy in 1945, Aldo was raised in a family of skilled artisans who taught him the importance of pride in one's work. It was during his apprenticeship in his father's woodworking shop that Aldo acquired his family's traditional sense of fine craftsmanship and attention to minute detail. True to his native Italian roots, however, the kitchen was the center of daily life in Aldo's home and it was there that he found the inspiration to feed a lifelong passion for the culinary arts.