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Joe Cicala on Twitter: Angela Cicala is a semifinalist for Outstanding Pastry Chef in this year’s James Beard awards

Divine Lorraine’s Angela Cicala is a semifinalist for Outstanding Pastry Chef in this year’s James Beard awards

On Wednesday, the James Beard Foundation released its semifinalists, and the Philadelphia area got 17 nominations. 

Angela Vendetti’s Restaurant Start-Up 101

Angela Vendetti’s Restaurant Start-Up 101 consists of four classes that will help you transform your dream of owning a restaurant into a reality. This tool kit will educate you on how to avoid the major pitfalls that lead 60% of restaurants to fail in the first year. In Angela’s Planning & Budgeting Class, I join her to discuss the pros and cons of leasing vs. owning real estate as well as property acquisition and negotiations. See her Restaurant Start-Up 101 Class Video below. 

 

Bart’s Bagels Featured on Fox 29 Philadelphia “Celebrating National Bagel Day” 

A Pizza Oven Built During the COVID-19 Quarantine

Cicala at the Divine Lorraine opened in November 2019 — only a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic. Even with COVID-19’s challenges, Cicala became an extraordinary restaurant and earned a 2020 LeBan 3 Bell review as well as a spot in the Top 50 Best Italian Restaurants in 2022 Philadelphia Mag. During quarantine, Joe Cicala built a Neapolitan wood-fired pizza oven in his own backyard! Watch below.

Chef Joe Cicala’s Neapolitan Pizza in a Regular Oven

Not everyone has a wood fired oven at home. Watch Joe Cicala, Chef of Cicala at the Divine Lorraine, make a Neapolitan pizza in a regular oven. Cicala at the Divine Lorraine is one of the many restaurants Eckstut Consulting has guided to success.