Italian Wine: Executive Chef and Alessandro Riccobono

italian wine: We also asked them to recommend a spectacular Italian wine that won't break the bank, according to Georgia Asian. Here's what they had to say. We connected with a few of them to hear what dishes remind them of home. And here's to everyone in Vancouver's Italian restaurant community who works so hard to keep us craving the seductive flavours of the Bel Paese Beautiful Country . Alessandro Riccobono, executive chef of Mangia Cucina & Bar, was born and raised in Palermo, Sicily, in a family of restaurateurs his father was a chef and owned two restaurants while he was growing up, and his brothers and other relatives also work in the industry. The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Sicilian food is the arancina, Riccobono tells the Straight. After he finished culinary college there, he gained experience in London before moving to Vancouver 2012. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.