Chef Pietro Vitelli
Chef Instructor, Culinary Arts
About
Competition-winning Chef Pietro has been cooking and teaching in the Pheonix, Arizona area for over 20 years. In addition to long tenures at Lon’s at the Hermosa and M Culinary Concepts, Chef Pietro has been a chef instructor at East Valley Institute of Technology and Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts.
In 2012, he participated in the First International Championship of Culinary Arts in Beijing, where his team won the gold. He also coached Le Cordon Bleu’s junior culinary team for the 2013 American Culinary Federation student competition, leading them to a bronze medal. And he won the silver in the local ACF Mystery Basket Competition in 2014.
In the kitchen, Chef Pietro’s favorite kitchen utensils are tasting spoons. Why? Because he believes chefs should taste their work often to check flavors and textures.
Honors, Awards & Affiliations
- First International Championship of Culinary Arts - LCB Culinary Team, Beijing, China 2012 - Awarded Gold Medal
- Local ACF Mystery Basket Competition 2014 - Awarded Silver Medal
- Head Coach for the Le Cordon Bleu Jr. ACF Culinary Team 2013 - Awarded Bronze Medal
- ServSafe®
Professional EXPERIENCE
- Executive Sous Chef / R&D - M Culinary Concepts, Phoenix, AZ
- Culinary Instructor - Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
- Culinary Instructor - East Valley Institute of Technology, Mesa, AZ
- Lon's at The Hermosa - Sous Chef, Paradise Valley, AZ
Education
- Bachelors of Administration, American Inter-Continental University
- Associate of Science Degree in Culinary Science, Culinary Institute of America
Special Interests
Cooking, martial arts, biking, and reading.
