Chef Lorenzo began his culinary career while majoring in business at Youngstown State University. As an act of desperation to survive college food, he honed his cooking skills learned from his mother and became the first chef for that Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

Never losing his passion or talent for gourmet food and after many years as a successful sales representative, to and graduated from Loretta Pagganini's School of Culinary Arts.

As a personal chef, he has since cooked his way around the country from Salt Lake City to Sanibel Island, Annapolis, and many places in between. He was selected as and served as the personal chef for the Rolls Royce Corporation for the 2002 Winter Olympics

He created and continues his healthy cooking educational classes for Lakeside's Health & Wellness Conferences each summer.

Some of his personal favorite cuisines are Italian and seafood, but you will find him serving up a variety of ethnic edible delights learned from his internationals travels and studies.