Biografie (Michael White)

Michael White is theExecutive Chef of Fiamma Osteria and Vento in New York City as well as Fiamma Trattoria in Las Vegas. Fiamma Osteria was awarded threestars by the New York Times, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, Crain's, and the New York Observer, was rated the best Italian restaurant in New York by Zagat's in 2004, and received a Michelin star in 2005. White was named Esquire's Chef of the Year in 2002. Before he and restaurateur Steve Hanson of B.R. Guest opened Fiamma, White was chef de cuisine at the four-star Spiaggia in Chicago. He trained in Europe for eight years with elite chefs such as Valentino Marcattilli at Ristorante San Domenico in Emilia-Romagna and Roger Vergé at Le Moulin de Mougins in Provence.