Interview: Sanford D'Amato, Chef/Owner Sanford Restaurant
By Bob Bickell
"The mark of a great chef is not simply his willingness to do something different. It's his ability to change one or two elements of a classic recipe and make it work marvelously - every time. That rare talent, mastered by chef-owner Sanford D'Amato, is the main reason that anyone in Wisconsin who is interested in food should visit Sanford Restaurant"
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2005
RR: You could have done it anywhere, and everything pointed to New York. You graduated from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America, and you were honing your skills in a variety of great restaurants in the top restaurant destination in the world. You easily could have competed on a much larger stage, but you chose Milwaukee, and apparently, you have never looked back.
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