The Culinary Institute of America's six award-winning restaurants offer extraordinary cuisines in a variety of settings. Although securing reservations on a Friday or Saturday can require advance planning, same-day reservations are often readily available for lunch and dinner on weekdays.
Please note: The Wine Spectator Greystone restaurant is located in St. Helena, CA; all other restaurants are located in Hyde Park, NY.
For Reservations:
Hyde Park, NY restaurants:
Call 845-471-6608 or reserve online
Wine Spectator Greystone restaurant (St. Helena, CA): Call 707-967-1010
MAÎTRE D' INSTRUCTOR FOR LUNCH
Mauro Sessarego, C.H.E.,
Associate Professor in Table Service
Mauro Sessarego is an associate professor in table service at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). Mr. Sessarego is maître d' instructor in St. Andrew's Café, one of five public restaurants on the CIA's main campus in Hyde Park, NY. The restaurant is also a classroom for students in the CIA's culinary arts degree program. Mr. Sessarego teaches Introductory Table Service, a course which explores table service principles and skills by providing customer service in a restaurant setting. His students focus upon guest relations, professional communications, service sequence, table skills, and dining room preparation.
A Certified Hospitality Educator (C.H.E.), Mr. Sessarego studied at the Istituto Tecnico Nautico in Genoa, Italy.
Before joining the CIA faculty, he held various restaurant ownership and management positions in both Italy and the United States, including owner/manager of Le Firme and general manager of Harry's Bar in Genoa; manager of Morgan Restaurant in Greenwich, CT and Remi and Le Madri in New York City; partner/general manager of Maxx Restaurant in New York City; and general manager of Moreno's in New York City.
