Robert’s Pizza & Dough Co. is welcoming Chef Nelli Maltezos to their team. Nelli joins the restaurant and pizzeria as Chef de Cuisine.
“We’re very excited to officially announce Nelli’s welcome,” says Robert Garvey, owner of Robert’s Pizza. “We’ve been working together in the kitchen since earlier this summer and the passion and creativity she has is truly remarkable.”
Nelli joins the Robert’s Pizza family after serving as executive chef for Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises for nearly a decade, most recently with Mon Ami Gabi. Her career began in the early 1990s as a volunteer in Charlie Trotter’s kitchen. In 1999, Nelli fulfilled her dream to own a restaurant with the opening of Rociada, a French country bistro in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Over the following 14 years, Nelli would reconceptualize the restaurant two more times as Trattoria Nostrani, serving northern Italian fare, and Vivre, a contemporary French restaurant.
Nelli joined the Robert’s Pizza family over the summer where she created menu items incorporating seasonal ingredients from peaches to softshell crabs. As Chef de Cuisine for Robert’s Pizza & Dough Co., Nelli is responsible for working closely with Robert on menu development especially seasonal specials as well as overseeing all aspects of the kitchen.
“I am really enjoying being part of the team – especially the support and encouragement from Robert and Dana to explore different cuisines on the pizza,” shares Nelli.
Guests can expect to see Chef Nelli’s work through the new fall menu items available now. These items include:
- Mortadella Pizza: a cream-based pizza with mortadella, fresh mozzarella, roasted radicchio, candied and salted pistachios, and Italian ricotta
- Speck Pizza: a cream-based pizza with speck, fresh mozzarella, roasted radicchio, candied and salted walnuts, and Italian ricotta
- The Rita: a classic “Margherita” style pizza with imported Italian buffalo mozzarella, tomato sauce, and fresh basil affectionately named after Robert Garvey’s Mom
- Marinated Beet Salad: salt-roasted beets with Stracciatella, baby kale, pumpkin seeds, and parmesan vinaigrette
- BLT Sandwich: applewood smoked bacon, shredded iceberg lettuce, oven-roasted tomatoes, and a house aioli spread on Robert’s fresh baked bread made in-house
- Pappardelle: spinach pappardelle with a wild mushroom sauce and grade Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- Tiramisu: a traditional Italian dessert with mascarpone cream, espresso-soaked ladyfingers, and chocolate curls
Along with the fall menu items created by Chef Nelli, Robert’s will also be offering fall drink specials. Cocktails available this season are:
- GLORIA Mezcal Negroni: mezcal, Campari, sweet vermouth, and Liquor 43 with an orange peel garnish
- Autumn Rush: whiskey, sweet vermouth, guava syrup, ginger syrup, and lime with a dehydrated lime garnish
- Rum away with me:rum, orange juice, lime, strawberry, and mango with a Tajin-covered orange wedge garnish
- Fall Breeze ($14): Mezcal, lime, apple syrup, and grapefruit juice with a dehydrated apple garnish
Robert’s Pizza & Dough Co. is located at 465 N. McClurg along the Ogden Slip in Streeterville. The restaurant is open Monday – Friday from 12pm – 9pm and Saturday-Sunday from 10am – 9pm.
Robert’s Pizza & Dough Co. is welcoming Chef Nelli Maltezos to their team. Nelli joins the restaurant and pizzeria as Chef de Cuisine.
“We’re very excited to officially announce Nelli’s welcome,” says Robert Garvey, owner of Robert’s Pizza. “We’ve been working together in the kitchen since earlier this summer and the passion and creativity she has is truly remarkable.”
Nelli joins the Robert’s Pizza family after serving as executive chef for Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises for nearly a decade, most recently with Mon Ami Gabi. Her career began in the early 1990s as a volunteer in Charlie Trotter’s kitchen. In 1999, Nelli fulfilled her dream to own a restaurant with the opening of Rociada, a French country bistro in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Over the following 14 years, Nelli would reconceptualize the restaurant two more times as Trattoria Nostrani, serving northern Italian fare, and Vivre, a contemporary French restaurant.
Nelli joined the Robert’s Pizza family over the summer where she created menu items incorporating seasonal ingredients from peaches to softshell crabs. As Chef de Cuisine for Robert’s Pizza & Dough Co., Nelli is responsible for working closely with Robert on menu development especially seasonal specials as well as overseeing all aspects of the kitchen.
“I am really enjoying being part of the team – especially the support and encouragement from Robert and Dana to explore different cuisines on the pizza,” shares Nelli.
Guests can expect to see Chef Nelli’s work through the new fall menu items available now. These items include:
- Mortadella Pizza: a cream-based pizza with mortadella, fresh mozzarella, roasted radicchio, candied and salted pistachios, and Italian ricotta
- Speck Pizza: a cream-based pizza with speck, fresh mozzarella, roasted radicchio, candied and salted walnuts, and Italian ricotta
- The Rita: a classic “Margherita” style pizza with imported Italian buffalo mozzarella, tomato sauce, and fresh basil affectionately named after Robert Garvey’s Mom
- Marinated Beet Salad: salt-roasted beets with Stracciatella, baby kale, pumpkin seeds, and parmesan vinaigrette
- BLT Sandwich: applewood smoked bacon, shredded iceberg lettuce, oven-roasted tomatoes, and a house aioli spread on Robert’s fresh baked bread made in-house
- Pappardelle: spinach pappardelle with a wild mushroom sauce and grade Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- Tiramisu: a traditional Italian dessert with mascarpone cream, espresso-soaked ladyfingers, and chocolate curls
Along with the fall menu items created by Chef Nelli, Robert’s will also be offering fall drink specials. Cocktails available this season are:
- GLORIA Mezcal Negroni: mezcal, Campari, sweet vermouth, and Liquor 43 with an orange peel garnish
- Hello Pumpkin Sour: pisco, lime, egg white, and pumpkin syrup
- Autumn Rush: whiskey, sweet vermouth, guava syrup, ginger syrup, and lime with a dehydrated lime garnish
- Rum away with me: rum, orange juice, lime, strawberry, and mango with a Tajin-covered orange wedge garnish
- Fall Breeze ($14): Mezcal, lime, apple syrup, and grapefruit juice with a dehydrated apple garnish
Robert’s Pizza & Dough Co. is located at 465 N. McClurg along the Ogden Slip in Streeterville. The restaurant is open Monday – Friday from 12pm – 9pm and Saturday-Sunday from 10am – 9pm.
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