Ua kapa ʻo Benchmark iā Robert Gioia chef executive no Villas of Grand Cypress, kahi waiwai ʻo Gemstone Collection aia ma Orlando, Florida. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Mark Cox, ka luna nui o Benchmark ma ka hōkele.
"He mea hauʻoli e hoʻokipa iā Robert i kā mākou hui koʻikoʻi o nā limahana hoʻokipa ma Villas of Grand Cypress," wahi a Mr. Cox. "ʻO kona kūlana i ka holo ʻana i nā hana meaʻai a me nā mea inu he mea waiwai nui ia i kā mākou hale hoʻokipa. Ke kakali nei mākou i kāna hāʻawi ʻana i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻike no ka hale ʻaina o nā Villas, ka ʻaina i loko o ka lumi, a me ka ʻoihana hānai.
Hele mai ʻo Robert Gioia i Villas of Grand Cypress me 18 mau makahiki o ka ʻike kuʻina hoʻohālike, ka hana hou a me ka ʻoihana, e hana ana i nā kūlana he nui o ka hoʻonui i ke kuleana i loko o ka ʻoihana culinary. ʻO ia ma mua ke alakaʻi chef sous no Omni Orlando Resort ma ChampionsGate, kahi i mahalo nui ʻia ai ʻo Chef Gioia no ka holo pono ʻana i ʻelima mau hale ʻaina a me nā hale ʻaina kū hoʻokahi.
Ma mua o kēia, ua hoʻolilo ʻo Chef Gioia i kahi ʻumi makahiki o kāna ʻoihana me ka Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center ma Kissimmee, Florida, e ala ana mai ka chef sous executive i ka wehe ʻana o ka waiwai i ka chef hale ʻaina hoʻokō a hope loa i ka luna nui no ʻekolu ma luna o ka pūnaewele, ka leo kiʻekiʻe. hale kūʻai meaʻai & mea inu. Ua hoʻohana pū ʻo Mr. Gioia i kāna mau makana ʻoihana ma ka wehe ʻana, ka hana ʻana a me ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he chef hoʻokele no Alfresco, kahi hale ʻaina ʻano Mediterranean kokoke i Winter Garden, Florida.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Chef Gioia i kāna ʻoihana i ka wā ʻōpio ma ke ʻano he mea holoi kīʻaha a ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe koke ʻia ʻo ia i poʻo kuke ma ka makahiki 16. Ua loaʻa iā Mr. Gioia kāna kēkelē Associate in Culinary Arts mai Schenectady Community College ma Schenectady, New York. Ma hope mai ua alualu ʻo ia i ka hoʻonaʻauao culinary kiʻekiʻe ma Italia, ke aʻo ʻana a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kāna mau akamai i loko o ka hanana culinary Venice. Noho ʻo ia ma Orlando.
