Growing up in a very Italian Chicago family, food was often the focus of Ralph Pallarino’s family gatherings. While the other kids were out playing, Ralph was busy inside making homemade pastas, oversized ravioli and preparing fried eel!
With dreams of owning a restaurant, Ralph Pallarino attended business school where he often entertained friends with elaborate and creative dinner parties. In 1999, after cooking for a friend’s birthday party, another friend approached him with the idea to open a no-fuss Italian restaurant with Ralph as the chef. With no professional experience, Ralph's dream restaurant, Bella Luna, was born, in Bryn Mawr, PA. Two more Stella Blu, and The Gypsy Saloon later followed.
Ralph has been featured on the Food Network’s Date Plate, the Fretz Kitchen, NBC’s hit show, The Restaurant and on Fine Living Network’s Dinner Date.
