Steve DiFillippo is a different kind of celebrity chef — famous among the famous more than he is among the general public.

—Kerry Byrne, Food & Sports Writer

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Restaurateur/Entrepreneur
Chef & CEO of Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse

“After 30 years I feel that I am just getting started.” says Davio’s Chef/CEO, Steve DiFillippo. At the age of 24, Steve purchased an established restaurant called Davio’s in Boston’s Back Bay. And this was the first in a succession of popular restaurants changing the concept to a Northern Italian Steakhouse. Steve is a graduate of Boston University and the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. He is very involved in the community, serving on several non-profit boards. Steve is the honorary Chef representing the New England Patriots at the Taste of the NFL’s “Party with a Purpose” event at the SuperBowl.

In 2008, he was inducted into the Massachusetts Restaurant Hall of Fame. Steve lives in Wenham, MA, with his wife Pamela and their four children. He runs 4 – 5 miles a day, “so I can wrongfully delude myself that I can eat anything I want,” he says.

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Press & Awards

  • Boston Business Journal

    Davio's is celebrating 30 years — and expanding to California

    By Eric Convey.

    Steve DiFillippo is on the move again. The chef-owner who over 30 years has taken his Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse from its Boston roots to Manhattan, Philadelphia and Atlanta is preparing to open a location in California.

  • Wall Street Journal

    Midtown Steakhouse Goes Beyond Red Meat

    Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse has a $25 prix fixe near Grand Central Terminal.

  • Esquire Magazine

    Friday Night with Tom Brady and Guy Fieri

    By Luke O'Neil.

    Steve DiFillippo, owner of Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse, who, along with Fieri, arranged the postgame dinner, donating much of the food and staff from his restaurants, was beaming. “I caught two passes, so I’m good for the rest of my life,” he said. “Two passes from Tom Brady? Are you kidding me? When it was coming to me in the air I was like, you’ll probably never get this opportunity again, so don’t drop it.”

It’s All About the Guest

With guests constantly asking how he did it, DiFillippo has written the ultimate guide to starting a restaurant, running a successful business, enjoying food, and living life. The 5.9 million restaurant workers who say they want to open their own restaurant will go nuts over this book, but so will anybody who loves food and the restaurant world—heck, anybody who wants to make money and have a blast doing it. As a special bonus, Steve includes twelve signature Davio’s recipes.

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