Michael cimarusti biography

Michael Cimarusti’s culinary journey began on the East Coast, where Cimarusti went fishing nearly every weekend. Raised in a family where Italian heritage and traditions ran deep, Cimarusti learned that cooking was more than a hobby and was fascinated by all things related to food and the restaurant world early on.

As a teenager, Cimarusti began his career, first as a dishwasher and then as an unpaid apprentice at a highly regarded bakery and pastry shop in the Washington D.C.

area. After his apprenticeship, brimming with knowledge and a hands-on education, Cimarusti headed back north to his hometown where he worked in the kitchen of a family-run business that had been his personal favorite as a child.

Like many aspiring chefs, Cimarusti attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, where he graduated with honors in 1990.

With loads of culinary knowledge in his head and a diploma in hand, Cimarusti hea