Gaetano Arnone

Gaetano Arnone has worked in some of New York’s most respected gastronomic destinations, including Eataly, Dickson’s, Salumeria Rosi, and several restaurants of the Bastianich group, serving as Chef de Cuisine at Babbo Ristorante & Enoteca and Executive Chef at ŌTTŌ Enoteca & Pizzeria. An alum of master butcher Dario Cecchini, of the famous Tuscan Antica Macelleria Cecchini, Gaetano returned to Tuscany during the pandemic with his wife Meigan and their Jack Russell Terrier, Radio, to live at Villa le Corti where he serves as a private dining chef and culinary gardener. Through regular contributions to Appetito, Gaetano will share episodes, insights and recipes from his life as “An American Chef in Tuscany.”