{{short description|Australian chef and media personality (born 1965)}} {{Use British English|date=December 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Guy Grossi | image = Grossiphoto b (cropped).jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|5|13}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria | occupation = Chef | years_active = 1996–present | children = 2 }}
'''Guy Grossi''' (born 13 May 1965) is an Italian-Australian chef and media personality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grossi.com.au|title=Grossi Restaurants|website=grossi.com.au}}</ref> He owns several restaurants in Melbourne.
In 1996, Grossi was awarded the ''L'insegna Del Ristorante Italiano'' by the president of Italy, for his dedication to presenting and promoting "La Cucina Italiana" and lifestyle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/exhibit/masters/full/p2.htm?pagenum=|title=Masters of Fare: Chefs, winemakers, providores|website=National Portrait Gallery exhibition}}</ref> He has published four cookbooks: ''Grossi Florentino – Secrets and Recipes'', ''My Italian Heart'',<ref>http://wwwshop.abc.net.au/browse{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''Recipes From My Mother's Kitchen''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9781921382529/recipes-my-mothers-kitchen|title=Recipes from My Mother's Kitchen by Guy Grossi}}</ref> and most recently, ''Love Italy''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penguin.com.au/lantern/kitchen/books/love-italy|title=Eat the World}}</ref>
==Early life== Grossi was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Italian parents. His father came to Australia from Milan in 1960 to work as a chef at ''Mario's'' in Exhibition Street, Melbourne.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.hospitalitymagazine.com.au/news/archive/the-pure-grossi-way|title = The pure Grossi way|last = Rosemary Ryan|date = 5 December 2005|work = Hospitality Magazine|accessdate = 4 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agfg.com.au/guide/chef-profile/guy-grossi|title=Guy Grossi Chef Profile, Grossi Florentino Restaurant, Grill & Cellar Bar – Good Food Guide|website=agfg.com.au}}</ref><ref>http://gourmettraveller.com.au/mirka{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} melbourne restaurant review.htm</ref>
Grossi attended Dallas North Primary School before moving to Glenhuntly Primary, then Caulfield Technical School where he completed up to year 10.{{Citation needed|date = September 2014}}
==Professional career== In 1980, Grossi completed an apprenticeship in commercial cookery at the Box Hill Institute.<ref name="prestt-2010">{{cite news | url=http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/bitstream/handle/10070/222991/ntn21aug10404x.pdf | title=Work with Passion | work=NT News | date=21 August 2010 | accessdate=4 September 2014 | author=Kate Prestt}}</ref> At age fifteen, he began working in a Malvern seafood restaurant before progressing to Tolarno's, where his father led the kitchen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/carbone--money/tolarno-finds-a-new-guy/2006/05/28/1148754869425.html|title=Tolarno finds a new Guy – Carbone & Money – Opinion – theage.com.au|website=The Age}}</ref> Later, he moved to Massoni's in Fitzroy Street, owned by his father, Leon Massoni, and David Gibson.<ref>http://www.skhs.au/~SKHSbuildings.PDF/17.pdf{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Following a stint at Two Faces, he and his wife, Melissa, opened Quadri, a restaurant of their own in Armadale. Grossi's father Pietro joined them to open Caffé Grossi in 1988.
In 1999, Grossi purchased an Italian restaurant in Melbourne, known as The Florentino.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lifestylefood.com.au/chefs/guygrossi/|title=Guy Grossi: Celebrity Chef – Lifestyle FOOD}}</ref> Later, he purchased the Mirka Continental Bistro in St Kilda, Victoria, and had the building's murals restored by the original artist, Mirka Mora.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.skhs.org.au/~SKHSbuildings/PDF/17.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=4 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014211426/http://www.skhs.org.au/~SKHSbuildings/PDF/17.pdf |archive-date=14 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>http://www.vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/heritage/14435{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The murals were first painted in the 1960s, when Mora and her husband Georges owned the Tolarno Hotel.
In 2009, Grossi opened the Grossi Trattoria and Wine Bar at the Intercontinental Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.<ref>http://wwwtravelforum.org/thailand{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.profiletalent.com.au/news/5-talent/106-guy-grossi-opens-restaurant-in-bangkok.html |title=Guy Grossi opens restaurant in Bangkok - Profile Talent Management |access-date=4 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219022219/http://www.profiletalent.com.au/news/5-talent/106-guy-grossi-opens-restaurant-in-bangkok.html |archive-date=19 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bkmagazine.com/blog/nick-measures/2009/03/02/guy-grossi-comes-intercontinental|title=The insider's guide to Bangkok – BK Magazine Online|website=BK Magazine Online}}</ref> In 2010, he opened The Merchant in the Rialto Towers as a joint venture with Lorenz Grollo.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/top-chefs-get-highrise-vue-20091006-glgh.html|title=Top chefs get high-rise Vue|first=Marika|last=Dobbin|date=7 October 2009|via=The Age}}</ref><ref name="mcnevin-2010-merchant">{{cite news | url=http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/food-and-drink/article/merchant-melbourne | title=Guy Grossi's Merchant | work=Broadsheet | date=8 December 2010 | accessdate=4 September 2014 | last=Hilary McNevin}}</ref> In 2012, Grossi opened the Ombra Salumi Bar next to Grossi Florentino in central Melbourne.<ref name="McNevin-2012">{{cite news | url=http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/food-and-drink/article/ombra-salumi | title=Ombra Salumi | work=Broadsheet | date=10 December 2012 | accessdate=4 September 2014 | author=Hilary McNevin}}</ref>
==Media== Grossi has appeared on various Australian television programs including ''Industry Leaders'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annexmedia.com.au|title=Industry Leaders, TV Show by Annex Media}}</ref> ''Food Safari'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/foodsafari|title=Food Safari – Food Safari Earth – Recipes – TV – SBS Food}}</ref> ''Iron Chef Australia'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/perth-boarding-school-chef-whips-iron-chef-20101110-17mly.html|title=Perth boarding school chef whips Iron Chef|first=Fran|last=Rimrod|date=10 November 2010|via=The Age}}</ref> ''9am with David and Kim'', ''Fresh'', ''Postcards'', ''Getaway'', ''Neighbours'', ''My Kitchen Rules'', ''A Current Affair'', and ''Sunrise''. He has also appeared on various American shows such as ''Good Day Philadelphia''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.masterchef.com.au/episode-32.htm|title=MasterChef Australia|first=Network|last=Ten|website=TenPlay – MasterChef Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pantry.com.au/lookinside/spotlight/cfm?SBN=9781920989712&page=extract |title=Home |access-date=4 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706110828/http://www.pantry.com.au/lookinside/spotlight/cfm?SBN=9781920989712&page=extract |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Controversy == In January 2025, Guy Grossi apologised after allegedly groping a female journalist at an industry event in February 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Age Publishes Allegations Guy Grossi Groped Female Journalists |url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/food-and-drink/article/guy-grossi-issues-apology-and-denials-after-groping-allegations |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Broadsheet |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=Charlotte Grieve, Ellen |date=2025-01-30 |title='Unreserved and sincere': Guy Grossi apologises after groping allegation |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/unreserved-and-sincere-guy-grossi-apologises-after-groping-allegation-20241210-p5kx8o.html |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title='I am mortified': Celebrity chef Guy Grossi both apologises for and denies groping allegation |url=https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/restaurants-bars/i-am-mortified-celebrity-chef-guy-grossi-both-apologises-for-and-denies-groping-allegation/news-story/1889fe28d8c4a346fd5f739c097863bc |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250215082434/https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/restaurants-bars/i-am-mortified-celebrity-chef-guy-grossi-both-apologises-for-and-denies-groping-allegation/news-story/1889fe28d8c4a346fd5f739c097863bc |archive-date=2025-02-15 |access-date=2025-02-16 |work=news |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Restaurants ==
===Current=== * Grossi Florentino, Melbourne<ref name="prestt-2010" /> * Ombra Salumi Bar, Melbourne<ref name="McNevin-2012" /> * Merchant Osteria Veneta, Melbourne<ref name="mcnevin-2010-merchant" /> * Garum, Perth * Settimo, Brisbane
===Former=== * La Fontana Ristorante, 410 Main Road, Lower Plenty, Victoria until 1999 * Mirka at Tolarno Hotel, St Kilda, Victoria<ref name="prestt-2010" /> * Grossi Trattoria and Wine Bar, Bangkok<ref name="prestt-2010" /> * Café Grossi * Quadri, Armadale, Victoria
== Publications == Grossi has written four books: * {{cite book |last=Grossi |first=Guy |date=2007 |title=Grossi Florentino – Secrets and Recipes |location=Australia |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=9781920989712}} * {{cite book |last=Grossi |first=Guy |date=2011 |title=My Italian Heart: Recipes from an Italian Kitchen |location=Australia |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=9781921382673}} * {{cite book |last=Grossi |first=Guy |date=2012 |title=Recipes from My Mother's Kitchen |location=Australia |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=9781921382529}} * {{cite book |last=Grossi |first=Guy |date=2013 |title=Love Italy |location=Australia |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=9781921382420}}
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