Fabio Trabocchi, a chef from the Marche region, is an internationally renowned restaurateur and owner of award-winning restaurants, including the Michelin-starred Fiola in Washington, D.C., Fiola

Miami, Fiola Mare, Del Mar, Sfoglina, and Seta on the stunning Ritz Carlton yacht, Ilma.

A love of food passed down to him from his father soon took him to Milan with three-Michelin-starred chef Gualtiero Marchesi. He worked in London, Spain, Moscow, Washington, D.C., and New York.

In 2001, the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, Virginia, recruited Trabocchi to open a new restaurant called Maestro in their luxury hotel just outside Washington, D.C.

During this time, the James Beard Foundation named him Best Chef in the Mid-Atlantic, and Food & Wine magazine recognized him as one of America’s Best New Chefs. In 2007, Fiamma recruited him to New York to manage the kitchen, where he earned three New York Times stars and a Michelin star.

In 2011, he opened Fiola in downtown Washington, D.C., which quickly earned a place among the city’s top restaurants and received a Michelin star in the first Michelin Guide Washington, D.C.

Since 2011, Trabocchi has focused on expanding Fabio Trabocchi Restaurants to become one of the world’s leading restaurant groups.

“My father was a farmer, and I knew nothing about haute cuisine. What I did know, thanks to my father, was a deep appreciation for food.”