Michael Manno
Corporate Commercial Chef at Custom Culinary
- Role
- Corporate Commercial Chef at Custom Culinary
- Location
- Roselle, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Manno
I’ve spent more than twenty years chasing flavor, craft, and connection—from the Chicago restaurant scene to the stoves of Honolulu and the mountains of Vail. I’ve cooked in fine dining rooms, resorts, catering kitchens, and anywhere I could feed people and learn something new about what makes food meaningful.But somewhere along the way, the story started to change. I began to see that my purpose wasn’t just to cook for people, but to cook with intention—to use food as a force for healing, for rebuilding community, and for reconnecting to the land that sustains us.Today, I’m building the back half of my career around that belief. My focus is on creating natural, regenerative, and scalable food solutions—bridging the worlds of craftsmanship and innovation. It’s about bringing heart back to foodservice, designing products and systems that nourish both people and planet, and doing it in a way that sustains everyone along the chain.I’m a founder at heart: curious, grounded, and endlessly hopeful about what’s next. I believe the next era of food isn’t just about what we make—it’s about how we make it, and who we become in the process.This is my rethought Chef’s journey—one that honors where I’ve been and looks forward to a more regenerative future where food once again means connection, care, and possibility.
Experience
Corporate Commercial Chef
Apr 2024 — Present · Lombard, IL, US
Education
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Restaurant/Food Services Management
1997 — 1999
College of DuPage
Culinary Arts/Chef Training
1999 — 2001
Lake Park High School
High School Diploma, Music, Cooking, Theater, General Studies
1993 — 1997
Skills
- Fine Dining
- Haccp
- Catering
- Hospitality Management
- Microsoft Word
- Micros
- Purchasing
- Revenue Analysis
- Menu Development
- Sanitation
- Recipes
- Italian Cuisine
- Budgets
- Food
- Pastry
- Chef
- Mediterranean
- Cuisine
- Marketing Strategy
- Resorts
- Menu Costing
- Food & Beverage
- Gourmet
- Customer Service
- Menu Engineering
- Training
- Restaurants
- Cooking
- Microsoft Office
- Restaurant Management
- Hospitality Industry
- Inventory Management
- Team Building
- Event Management
- Culinary Skills
- Seafood
- Culinary Management
- Food Service
- Food
- Recipe Testing
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