Gemma Foods is Chicago’s next pasta juggernaut
Former Formento’s chef Tony Quartaro’s fresh handmade and extruded shapes aren’t just for his neighbors anymore.
Sign up for our newsletters Subscribe Clockwise from left: Canestri alla vodka, cappelletti with lamb pancetta and fava cream, sorpresine with burro e oro and mozzarella di Bufala Jeff Marini for Chicago Reader Tony Quartaro has an impeccable pasta pedigree going all the way back to all-day suppers at his Grandma Joyce’s house in upstate New York, where he learned to shape gnocchi for the Sunday gravy. “She showed me the difference between sinkers and swimmers, as she called them,” says the 37-year-old chef behind the Beverly-born fresh pasta delivery start-up Gemma Foods. “And how you can make something transcendent from something as simple as potatoes.”
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Tecnau Names Pete Dolfis as Vice President, America Sales
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Pete Dolfis
Tecnau is pleased to announce that Pete Dolfis has been promoted to vice president, Americas sales, to be made fully effective as of June 1, 2021. Mr. Dolfis is working with current sales vice president Jeff Marini during a transition phase until Mr. Marini’s retirement on June 30.
Mr. Dolfis has been with Tecnau since 1993, initially working as a sales representative, and since 2004, as solutions manager. Before joining Stralfors Lasermax (predecessor company to Tecnau), Mr. Dolfis worked for Wallace Computer Services as a sales representative.
Pete resides in Seneca, South Carolina, with his wife Tammy and children Nikki and JP.