Restaurant design
Olive Garden restaurant at Times Square, New York City
Newer restaurants are styled after Tuscan-style farmhouses and are meant to look and feel like the inside of a family home in Italy. These restaurants are modeled after an actual farmhouse in the town of Castellina in Chianti, on the grounds of the Rocca delle Macie winery. The farmhouse is home to the Riserva di Fizzano, the Olive Garden's Culinary Institute, Restaurant and Cooking School. It is led by executive chef Romana Neri.
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Culinary Institute of Tuscany
In 1999, Olive Garden partnered with Sergio and Daniela Zingarelli, proprietors of the restored 11th century village of Riserva di Fizzano in Tuscany, to form a cooking school in Italy called the Culinary Institute of Tuscany. The Culinary Institute is located in Italy's Chianti Classico wine-growing region near the Rocca delle Macie Winery, also owned by the Zingarelli family.
The curriculum for the Culinary Institute of Tuscany was originally developed in collaboration with the Culinary Institute of America. Olive Garden sends chefs and general managers for training at the institute.
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Ownership
Olive Garden is owned by Darden Restaurants, Inc., which was spun off from General Mills in 1995. Darden owns all Olive Garden restaurants, and does not franchise. Darden also owns the Red Lobster, Smokey Bones BBQ and Grill, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52 restaurant chains.
Olive Garden restaurant at Times Square, New York City
Newer restaurants are styled after Tuscan-style farmhouses and are meant to look and feel like the inside of a family home in Italy. These restaurants are modeled after an actual farmhouse in the town of Castellina in Chianti, on the grounds of the Rocca delle Macie winery. The farmhouse is home to the Riserva di Fizzano, the Olive Garden's Culinary Institute, Restaurant and Cooking School. It is led by executive chef Romana Neri.
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Culinary Institute of Tuscany
In 1999, Olive Garden partnered with Sergio and Daniela Zingarelli, proprietors of the restored 11th century village of Riserva di Fizzano in Tuscany, to form a cooking school in Italy called the Culinary Institute of Tuscany. The Culinary Institute is located in Italy's Chianti Classico wine-growing region near the Rocca delle Macie Winery, also owned by the Zingarelli family.
The curriculum for the Culinary Institute of Tuscany was originally developed in collaboration with the Culinary Institute of America. Olive Garden sends chefs and general managers for training at the institute.
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Ownership
Olive Garden is owned by Darden Restaurants, Inc., which was spun off from General Mills in 1995. Darden owns all Olive Garden restaurants, and does not franchise. Darden also owns the Red Lobster, Smokey Bones BBQ and Grill, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52 restaurant chains.
