The Culinary Institute of America's six award-winning restaurants offer extraordinary cuisines in a variety of settings. Although securing reservations on a Friday or Saturday can require advance planning, same-day reservations are often readily available for lunch and dinner on weekdays.
Please note: The Wine Spectator Greystone restaurant is located in St. Helena, CA; all other restaurants are located in Hyde Park, NY.
For Reservations:
Hyde Park, NY restaurants:
Call 845-471-6608 or reserve online
Wine Spectator Greystone restaurant (St. Helena, CA): Call 707-967-1010
CHEF INSTRUCTOR FOR DINNER
Alberto Vanoli, C.H.E.
Lecturing Instructor in Culinary Arts
Alberto Vanoli is a lecturing instructor in culinary arts at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). Chef Vanoli teaches associate and bachelor's degree candidates in the college's Ristorante Caterina de' Medici, one of five award-winning public restaurants on campus which also serves as a classroom. In his course, Italian Cuisine, students prepare menu items based on modern and traditional Italian cuisine, utilizing the cooking techniques, ingredients, and spices unique to the various regions of Italy.
Before joining the CIA faculty, Chef Vanoli was chef de partie at restaurants in Bergamo, Rome, and other cities in Italy, as well as No. 9 Park in Boston. He was chef/owner of Ristorante Locust Tree in New Paltz, NY; chef at Le Streghe in New York City; and chef de cuisine at the Pantheon at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia. He has also worked at Il Fornaio in San Francisco and Le Madri in New York City.
A Certified Hospitality Educator (C.H.E.), Chef Vanoli studied at the Guinta Regionale-Assessorato all'Istruzióne and CESCOT-Confesercenti in his native Italy.
