Giorgio Rapicavoli
Giorgio Rapicavoli is an acclaimed chef and owner of the wildly popular Eating House, as well as Luca Osteria in Coral Gables. He also is the current chef at the Mayfair Grove in Coconut Grove and Grape Ape in South Miami. Born and raised in Miami, Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli has dedicated his career to championing Miami’s culinary scene and inflecting his Argentine and Italian heritage into the city’s rich melting pot of food and culture. He is the first-ever Miami contestant to win Food Network’s Chopped which quickly followed with a ranking on Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in 2012. In addition to having been recognized by the James Beard Foundation, he was a semifinalist for Rising Star Chef in 2013, a nominee for Food & Wine’s “The People’s Best New Chef” in 2014, and a semifinalist for Best Chef: South in 2015 and 2016.
Rapicavoli trained under Miami chefs Adam Votaw and Robin Haas before becoming executive chef at Chispa Doral at just 21. He honed his skills during a three-year executive chef stint at 660 at The Angler’s Miami Beach prior to opening his famed pop-up Eating House in Coral Gables in 2012. After the success of the pop-up, Rapicavoli reopened the same concept as a standalone restaurant to widespread critical acclaim. Rapicavoli’s restaurant, Luca Osteria, named after his son, opened in February 2021 on Giralda Avenue’s ‘Restaurant Row’ in Coral Gables. In the summer of 2021, Eating House closed its doors after nine years at 804 Ponce de Leon Boulevard and reopened in spring 2022 at 128 Giralda Avenue, just steps away from Luca Osteria. In the summer of 2024, Giorgio took over the Mayfair Grove in Coconut Grove, FL and in 2025, Giorgio over the Grape Ape in South Miami, FL.
