Skip to Content

    Chef

    Rich Torrisi

    Chef & Co-Founder, Major Food Group

    Discipline
    Chef
    Portrait of Rich Torrisi

    Portrait of Rich Torrisi

    i. Biography

    Rich Torrisi is a chef and co-founder of Major Food Group, the acclaimed hospitality brand behind Carbone, Parm, Sadelle's, and other acclaimed restaurants. He trained under culinary luminaries including Marcus Samuelsson at Aquavit, Andrew Carmellini at Café Boulud, and at renowned French institutions like Guy Savoy and Maison Troisgros before opening Torrisi Italian Specialties with Mario Carbone in 2009. His restaurants have received significant critical recognition, including three stars from The New York Times and Michelin stars.

    The Sunday letter

    Read Made By's new profiles every Sunday.

    Meet the chefs, winemakers and sommeliers behind the places we cover. See a sample below before you subscribe.

    See a sample of the Sunday email

    One email a week. Unsubscribe from any issue.

    Favorite Places

    Recommended by Rich

    The Sunday letter

    Get the next Made By profile in your inbox.

    We send one email every Sunday morning with the people we profiled that week.

    See a sample of the Sunday email

    One email a week. Unsubscribe from any issue.