Award-winning, Best-Selling Author – Chef – Television Personality – Culinary and Brand Ambassador

Dame Amy Riolo is a best-selling author, award-winning chef, television host, and Mediterranean lifestyle ambassador. The author of 19 books, was named Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy by the President of the Italian Republic. She has also been dubbed “The Ambassador of Italian Cuisine in the US” by The Italian International Agency for Foreign Press, “Ambassador of the Italian Mediterranean Diet 2022-2024” by the International Academy of the Italian Mediterranean Diet as well as “Ambassador of Mediterranean Cuisine in the World” and “Ambassador of the typical products of the Riviera dei Cedri” in her ancestral homeland of Calabria, Italy,  In 2019, Riolo launched her own private label collection of premium Italian imported culinary ingredients called Amy Riolo Selections and include extra-virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, organic pasta, and pesto sauce from award-winning artisan companie which she sells on her e-commerce site. Amy is the brand ambassador for Marra Forni and The Pizza University and Culinary Arts Center. She is also the co-founder and director of A.N.I.T.A. (Accademia Nazionale Italiana Tradizione Alimentari) and an honorary member of the Associazione Regionale Cuochi Pittagorici and the Associazione Italiana Chef NY.