AIKEN, SC — Renowned Chef Pino Manzo is offering his popular Italian dessert cookies – biscotti – for sale for the first time in his culinary career. Manzo, a native of Duronia, Italy, is well-known to gastronomes of Canada, mainland United States and Hawaii where he has served as chef or owner of top-rated restaurants over four decades. Previously available only as complimentary dessert offerings for his patrons, Manzo’s biscotti –made from the closely-guarded Manzo family recipe - are offered for sale by the now-retired chef through his newly-launched website www.pinosbiscotti.com .
An After-Dinner Thank-You
As a gift of appreciation to his diners Chef Pino’s tradition was to offer biscotti at the end of the meal. Patrons soon began to ask for the subtly sweet concoctions to take home or give as gifts. Manzo steadfastly refused; Manzo’s biscotti were a gift from the chef himself. As a good performer will, Manzo left his international audience wanting more.
A Global Education and Following
Inspired by his mother’s extensive kitchen aptitude, Manzo entered the hospitality trade as a young man in Montreal. Demonstrating promise he found success in food and beverage services of upscale hotels including Toronto’s luxury Inn on the Park Hotel, the Sheraton Waikiki, and Hawaii’s Island Holidays’ properties. In 1974 Manzo began his own ventures, establishing popular eateries in Maui's Iao Valley and Honolulu’s famed Restaurant Row. The most notable of these, the Trattoria Manzo, served to develop an international following for Pino and his brother Tony. Returning to the mainland, Manzo spent four years as faculty and consultant to Austin Le Chef College, now the Texas Culinary Academy.
A Wish Fulfilled
Now living amid the equine-pasturelands of South Carolina, Manzo offers several varieties of his biscotti via the internet. Hand-made with olive oil in lieu of butter or shortening, Pino’s Biscotti have an extremely low moisture content allowing for shipment and storage without worry of spoilage. Through his website Manzo hopes to connect with new and former patrons around the world who appreciate the goodness of an authentic Italian family recipe.
For more information, press only:
Pino Manzo, 512-535-0842, pino@pinosbiscotti.com
For more information on Pinot’s Biscotti:
http://www.pinosbiscotti.com
