On the heels of their recent 2010 Bib Gourmet accolade, Risibisi has announced the arrival of a new Executive Chef, Giuliana Valesi.
From owner Marco Palmieri: Giuliana is from Massa Carrara, Tuscany and she started cooking alongside her mother and grandmother at the age of nine.
She came to San Francisco in 1986 and began working as a Chef at Allegro in Nob Hill as then at Firenze Restaurant in North Beach before moving to Santa Rosa in 1989. In the North Bay she was the Executive Chef at Villa Restaurant in Santa Rosa from 1989 to 1998 and at Roberto’s Italian Restaurant on Sonoma Highway from 1998 to 2009. Her cooking style is based on using fresh/organic and local ingredients to produce wholesome traditional Italian dishes just like her mother and grandmother used to make.
