Chef Nicholas Fazio

Chef At Home In Hilton Head Island

I'm a professional chef who grew up in the kitchen cooking with my father and grandmother when I was 6 years old. I studied at Johnson & Wales in Miami, FL and worked for a few private clubs and hotels while going to school. After I graduated I moved to Louisville where I trained with Executive Chef Bobby Benjamin and the prestigious Oakroom, one of only 40 AAA 5 Diamond restaurants in the world at the time. From there I moved to Hilton Head where I was Robert Irvines Executive Chef at his restaurant EAT! The past 10 years I have been the executive chef at The South Carolina Yacht Club, Long Cove Club, and Frankie Bones.

I cook what I love to eat, when you taste my food it takes you on a journey through my career and my Italian heritage.

For me, cooking is...

Cooking is my life, I wake up each day and I'm excited about the food I get to serve my guests.

I learned to cook at...

Johnson & Wales University

A cooking secret...

Nothing goes to waste! When I see an ingredient I challenge myself to use each and every part of it and to transform it to something unique and tasty.