By James Rigato for Time "Detroit: The Art of the Comeback"Executive chef of the Root Restaurant and Mabel GrayThe road map of Detroit’s future is outlined in its past. From Motown to Mopar, Eminem to GM, the city is a vast, varied and historic collection of paradoxical influences. The Italian immigrants who opened liquor stores, [...]
From KitchenAid Commercial Chef Luciano DelSignore began his career working in the kitchen of his parents’ Italian restaurant, Fonte d’Amore in Livonia, Mich. Having spent summers in Abruzzo, Italy, where his parents were born and raised, Chef Luc moved to Italy as a young man, and trained in some of the best restaurants. After [...]
Bigalora Wood Fired Cucina's Neapolitan-style pizza can be found almost anywhere, at any time, in metro Detroit, whether at one of its standalone restaurants, the Detroit Medical Center, Ford Field or an event with a Bigalora food truck. With five Bigalora restaurants in Michigan, originally called Pizzeria Biga, partners Chef Luciano DelSignore, Michael Collins and [...]
From Michigan Radio Eat pasta and you could help the people whose lives were shattered by the powerful earthquake that struck central Italy last week. One of Detroit’s top chefs is joining chefs worldwide in serving a special pasta dish, and he’s calling on other Michigan restaurants to do the same. Chef Luciano DelSignore joined [...]
By Dorothy Hernandez, Foodable Contributor Detroit is not lacking in classic Italian cuisine. There’s Roma Café, dishing up traditional Italian since the late 19th century in the Motor City, and Mario’s, an old-school Italian joint right down to the vegetable and relish tray served upon sitting down at the table, just to name a [...]
The Metropolitan sat with chef Luciano DelSignore at Bigalora ‘Wood Fired Cucina’ to discuss ancient Italian bread making, family meatballs and eating naturally. By Anthony Brancaleone for The Metropolitan ___ Chef Luciano has been making food since age 14. He began under the guidance of his Italian family, who moved to the Detroit area [...]
From Savor Detroit Like many chefs, Luciano Del Signore always had a love affair with food even from an early age. And like many chefs Luciano followed a path to culinary success characterized by countless hours in the kitchen, a tireless work ethic and insatiable desire to learn. Born in Garden City, Michigan to immigrant [...]
By Victoria Trudeau for Eater Detroit Chef Luciano DelSignore is our Pizza Week Lifer interview, as he has been making pizzas since childhood. Chef Luciano is not typically regarded as a pizza chef; he is most well known for his fine Italian restaurant Bacco, but he also owns Bigalora Wood Fired Cucina, with locations in [...]
Investment money was there, but more was needed to expand a local pizzeria. BY R.J. KING dBusiness A common concern among businesses is the fact that securing investment capital to expand operations can be hard to come by, especially following the 2008 global financial crisis. Luciano Del Signore, owner and chef at Bacco Ristorante [...]
From Pizza Today In addition to its pizza menu, the two-location, Neapolitan-style pizzeria offers a menu of rustic small plates — like risotto, meatballs and potato croquettes, salads, pastas, soups and a variety of wine, beer and liquor options. We have a very aggressive craft cocktail program at Biga and we are currently engineering a [...]
