CBS News: Former Vatican chef who cooked for 2 popes opens NYC restaurant, says "now my dream is reality"
- djcdesigneracct
- Aug 19
- 1 min read
By Jennifer Bisram
Original Publication Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/vatican-chef-salvo-lo-castro-casasalvo-restaurant-nyc/
He's cooked for popes, presidents and celebrities. Now, former Vatican Chef Salvo Lo Castro is plating up pasta for everyday New Yorkers at his restaurant in SoHo.
CasaSalvo, Lo Castro's first restaurant in New York City, opened in July.
"All my life, New York is the capital of the world"
Lo Castro said he started working at the Vatican during the Great Jubilee in 2000 and stayed on until 2010, cooking for Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.
"Normally, I prepare for the pope before your guests," he said. "It's a very big experience in my life for 10 years."
But now, he's bringing his secret sauces from Sicily to New York City.
"All my life, New York is the capital of the world. I don't think one day I'm staying in New York, I'm living in New York, I have a restaurant in New York," he said. "This is just my dream, but now my dream is reality."
