The Four Seasons St. Louis has announced Fabrizio Schenardi as the hotel’s new executive chef. Effective Aug. 23, Schenardi will be leading the culinary team at the hotel’s Italian restaurant, Cielo.
Fabrizio joins the organization from Pelagia Trattoria in the Renaissance Tampa Hotel International Plaza, where he has worked as executive chef since 2004. In 2008, Schenardi was named Executive Chef of the Year, selected from the more than 140 Renaissance properties in 28 countries. Prior to his tenure in Tampa, Schenardi was the executive sous chef at the AAA Five Diamond St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort and Spa in Dana Point, Calif.
Fabrizio is no stranger to the Four Seasons. From 1997 to 2000, he was the specialty restaurant chef at the Four Seasons Resort Maui, before transferring to the Regent Beverly Wilshire, where he served as the senior chef. Schenardi has also worked in restaurants in his native Italy, Washington D.C., Jamaica and New York City. Schenardi earned his culinary arts diploma from Istituto Alberghiero Ravizza in Torino, Italy.
Chef Schenardi is the permanent replacement for Karen Hoffman, who left Cielo in April to return to her hometown of San Francisco.
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This article appears in Jul 1-31, 2010.