Certified hospitality educator.

Greg began his career working in his family’s restaurant in the Greater Pittsburgh area. He has accumulated over 50 years of diverse experience as a chef in Michelin Star restaurants,hotels, fast casual as a National Franchisor and as an Certified Hospitality Educator at the Culinary Institute of America, where he was the Associate Dean for Culinary Education.

He remains active as a board member for an Incubator Production Kitchen, Hope & Main based in Warren Rhode Island.

In his previous role in research and innovation for the food program at Google his purview directed all transitions to “Speed Scratch” cooking working with large volume brand producers to create products suitable for all of the Google in Mountain View locations.

He currently is a managing partner in two companies, Culinary Science Inc as the Chief Culinary Officer for this food technology group and as the President for Innovation, Integration and Implementation for the Food Fleet Group, His most recent projects involved working with Warner Brothers Studio in the development and launch of “Central Perks Coffee Company” from the television show “Friends”.

Field Notes

Best little business you helped go big: Hope & Main Incubator Kitchen
Favorite kind of chaos: Working the kitchen pass on a sold out night
What he fights for: My sanity
What he believes food can do: The best diplomatic tool you can have
The moment that mattered most: Today and every day after that
Biggest lesson learned in the field: There is always someone smarter than you
Most unexpected tool in his toolkit: Posted Notes
His playlist: Blues & Swing
Rally phrase: I expected better from you
Coffee order / coping mechanism: Cattle Drive Black
Nickname on the ground: Fati