Chef Anthony Mazzotta, Executive Chef, Lucca Restaurant Group- With encouragement and inspiration from his mother and his large Italian family, Mazzotta graduated from New Hampshire College Culinary Institute and began his career in Boston at Le Meridien Hotel. Looking for adventure, he went to work at The French Laundry in Napa Valley and its sister restaurant, Per Se, in New York. Then, returning to Boston, he worked with Ken Oringer at Toro, served as sous chef at EVOO in Cambridge, led the team at Lucca Back Bay as Executive Chef.