Giovanni is Andreoli’s great puppeteer, showcasing his culinary prowess and larger-than-life personality. A meal at Andreoli is staged daily, always the same on the canvas but different in content. The patrons are all unaware actors of this truth theater where the staging slips marked by the three central moments of food tasting: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The life story of a young Italian chef who found his true love and true calling in the United States. He talks about his absolute dedication to his cooking heritage and includes some of his favorite recipes. A mouth-watering book for everyone's tastes.

Giovanni Scorzo was born in the Calabria region in southwest Italy and raised in Liguria, which is also known as the Italian riviera, on the northwest coast of the Mediterranean. He first learned how to cook from his mother and perfected his skills in culinary school and later in several different fine restaurants throughout Italy, including the Five Star Savoy restaurant in Florence. 

As chef and owner of Andreoli Italian Grocer in Scottsdale, Arizona, Scorzo was a Best Chef in the Southwest finalist in the 2022 James Beard Foundation Awards, which are considered the Oscars of the culinary world. He has appeared numerous times on the popular Food Channel program hosted by Guy Fieri, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. 

According to the Andreoli website, “Chef Scorzo is the creator of a piece of theatrical realism, Andreoli where real Italian lifestyle is staged. Italian food is consumed not only by the most authentic culinary tradition, but a real-life experience made of speeches, meetings, sharing, laughter, feeling and passion.

“Giovanni is Andreoli’s great puppeteer, showcasing his culinary prowess and larger-than-life personality. A meal at Andreoli is staged daily, always the same on the canvas but different in content. The patrons are all unaware actors of this truth theater where the staging slips marked by the three central moments of food tasting: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.