Rick Tramonto

Rick Tramonto
Rick Tramonto
Born	Richard Michael Tramonto; May 30, 1963 (age 60); Rochester, New York
Education	John Marshall High School, Rochester NY
	Culinary career
Cooking style	Contemporary American cuisine
	Current restaurant(s) Restaurant R'evolution New Orleans, Seafood R'evolution Jackson MS;
	Award(s) won Food & Wine Magazine 's Top Ten Best New Chefs, 1994; "Best Chef: Midwest Region" by The James Beard Foundation, 2002;
Website	www.tramontocuisine.com

Richard Michael Tramonto (born May 30, 1963) is a Chicago chef and cookbook author. He was executive chef and partner in Tru, a contemporary fine-dining restaurant from Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises.

Biography

A native of

Food & Wine Magazine

's Top Ten Best New Chefs.

In 1999, he opened Tru with culinary partner Gale Gand and Rich Melman of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises. Tramonto and his partners at Tru won the 2007 James Beard Foundation Award for Service. Tramonto was named the "Best Chef: Midwest Region" by The James Beard Foundation in 2002. At this time, Rick was also a featured chef on Great Chef television, appearing in episodes of Great Chefs of America, Great Chefs - Great Cities, Top Chef, Top Chef Masters, and Iron Chef America.

Tramonto founded Cenitare Restaurants in 2006, opening several restaurants in a Wheeling, Illinois hotel, including Tramonto's Steak & Seafood (now closed), Osteria di Tramonto (now closed) and RT Lounge (now closed). He left the company in 2009.

Tramonto left Tru in 2010.