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Fabio Pagnozzi Returns to X&O European Trattoria
as Executive Chef

Native Neapolitan brings experience and flavor to Quincy restaurant

Quincy, MA (January 21, 2002) - Mary and Manos Gregoriades, owners of the X&O European Trattoria in Quincy, are pleased to announce that Fabio Pagnozzi has recently rejoined the restaurant as its Executive Chef. Pagnozzi manages all functions of the kitchen for X&O, including the staff and menus.

Pagnozzi has more than 15 years' experience in the restaurant industry, having worked as Executive Chef at Tiffany's Restaurant in Boulder City, Nevada, and Assistant Executive Chef at La Scala in the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas. He began working at X&O in 1999.

Fabio creates dishes where the delight is in the details. When cooking, he favors extra virgin olive oil-based foods and a variety of fresh herbs. He places portions on equal footing with presentation, making your entrée not only good to look at, but satisfying for healthy appetites. Pagnozzi's lasagna is a homemade recipe inherited from his family, while his signature marinara is specially concocted using olive oil infused with herbs and garlic. A traditionalist with a modern twist, Fabio loves to put fresh spins on more predictable fare, often fusing authentic Greek and Italian cuisine to create fresh, hybrid tastes. He is able to blend foods that the less adventurous would think incompatible, such as feta cheese and shrimp, while still maintaining the marvelous balance that allows the diner to experience each ingredient.

Born in Naples, Italy, Pagnozzi took his first steps into the world of food preparation as a boy, when he would help with family meals by making pasta and preserving southern Italian vegetables such as eggplant, zucchini and tomatoes for the winter. He was formally trained at the Marina di Carrara Instituto culinary school in the Tuscany region of central Italy.

"Fabio's expertise and creativity make him an ideal Executive Chef for X&O," said Manos Gregoriades. "Fabio's experience both in the United States and Europe has prepared him well for X&O's distinctive blend of Greek and Italian cuisine," added Mary Gregoriades.

Pagnozzi currently resides in Whitman, Mass., with his wife, Jeanne, and their daughters, Isabella, 4 and Antonia, 2.

For more information, e-mail or call Kirsten Whitten-Bunszel, Tiffanie Williams & Co., at 617-786-0010. return to top