Chef Joe is an award-winning Executive Chef and restaurant owner with over 25 years of experience in the industry. He was self-taught straight from his grandmothers South Philly kitchen. He is broadly trained and highly disciplined in a wide range of services including fine dining, a la carte, banquet-style, personal chef, in-home cooking classes, personal/corporate catering, restaurant consulting. And a  pioneer in the gourmet mobile catering business… right here in Philly over 15 years ago. Chef Joe’s proudest accomplishments are opening his first restaurant in South Philly, Mio Sogno (translated as “my dream” in Italian) along with his live appearances on the FOX morning show cooking local favorites for area viewers.

Today, you can find Chef Joe as the Executive Chef, at Marlene Mangia Bene. A modern Italian BYOB Restaurant located in Woodbury, NJ.  In less than six months after he joined the Marlene Mangia Bene family he quickly made his mark…In September 2013 they were voted Best Italian Restaurant in South Jersey and the #3 Best Italian Restaurant in Philly by PHL 17 “Philly Hot List”.