Fabio Viviani Biography

Chef Fabio Viviani has harbored a passion for food since his childhood growing up in Florence Italy. Between training in Italian and Mediterranean cuisine at the top hospitality schools and working with culinary luminaries such as Alessandro Panzani and Saverio Carmagini Viviani also owned and operated several concepts by the time he was 27 including two nightclubs and five restaurants in Florence. Although a well-respected businessman in Italy he was ready for a change and in 2005 Viviani moved to California where he opened his first USA based restaurant Café Firenze in Moorpark CA.
Teaming up with one of Chicago’s restaurant consulting group Dine|Amic Viviani opened Siena Tavern in Chicago in 2013 and the following year he opened Mercato by Fabio Viviani a quick-service Italian concept with branches in Chicago and San Diego. In 2015 Viviani continued to make a name for himself in Chicago by opening Bar Siena and Prime & Provisions. In 2016 he expanded to the LAX Delta terminal with the opening of Osteria by Fabio Viviani while opening additional Mercato by Fabio locations in Tempe Phoenix Cleveland and Benton Harbor. In 2017 Fabio opened the Press Room in Detroit hot on the heels of his February opening of Portico by Fabio Viviani in New York’s del Lago Resort & Casino.

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