Dante de Magistris
American chef and restaurateur
About Dante de Magistris
Dante de Magistris is an American chef and restaurateur raised in Belmont, Massachusetts. His first restaurant, dante was at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The restaurant was named 2011 Best Italian Restaurant, Upscale by Boston Magazine.
He has appeared on The Early Shows Chef on a Shoestring segment.
Biography In his early twenties, de Magistris went to Italy for a year, working in Florence and Bologna. He was sous chef at Ristorante Don Alfonso, a Michelin two star restaurant in Sant'Agata sui Due Golfi. When he returned to Boston, he worked with or for Lydia Shire, Michael Schlow, Susan Regis and Michela Larson. It closed in 2020.
Current restaurants include Il Casale. The Belmont location opened in 2009 and in 2014, he opened a location in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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