by Lauren Daniels

Thanks to a childhood aversion to school meals, Alberto Varetto's culinary career got off to an early start. After attending culinary school at age 14, he left his native Italy to work in acclaimed Washington, D.C., kitchens, including Galileo Ristorante.

Two decades later, following a move to Southwest Florida to serve as executive chef at Sale e Pepe on Marco Island, Varetto opened his eponymous restaurant, Alberto's on Fifth in 2012, bringing the cuisine of northern Italy's Piedmont region to Naples. 

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