Pizza and mozzarella classes at Forno d'Oro, Saturdays at 11 AM

Salvatore Olivella

Restaurant consulting

Opening a restaurant or a pizzeria?

Salvatore has opened more than twenty restaurants and pizzerias, including his own, Forno d'Oro in New York and Olivella's in Texas. He works with Italian restaurants, pizzerias, bakeries and Mediterranean kitchens, in New York and elsewhere, on the menu, the kitchen and the oven, the people you hire and the first weeks of service.

The dining room at Forno d'Oro, Salvatore's restaurant in Chelsea
Hands on a restaurant floor plan
Salvatore serving desserts at Forno d'Oro

Where he helps

  1. 01

    Concept and menu

    What you serve, at what price, and how the kitchen keeps up on a full night.

  2. 02

    Kitchen and oven

    Layout, equipment and the oven, planned with the people who will cook there.

  3. 03

    Team and training

    Hiring pizzaioli and cooks, then training them on dough, fire and service.

  4. 04

    Opening weeks

    On site for the soft opening and the first weeks, when most problems show up.

How it works

  1. 1A free first callYour idea, your space and your timing.
  2. 2A visitSalvatore sees the space or the plans and tells you what he would change.
  3. 3A planWhat to do first, what can wait, and where he comes in.

Kitchens he has opened, run or advised

Eataly NYC · RossopomodoroMarta · Union Square Hospitality GroupSerafinaWoodpecker by David BurkeFeroce · Tao GroupDumbo House · Soho HouseFlavor · Loews RegencyThe Montauk Beach HouseRuschmeyer's MontaukBlu Chelsea · Indigo HotelL'AssoNumero 28ZigolinisPie by the PoundGolosiNapoli 57AOA180 HesterItalian Food CenterLittle CharliLittle Charli East HamptonForno d'OroCaruso PizzeriaOlivella · New JerseyOlivella's · Dallas and Fort WorthAngelina BakeryIl Piacere della Cucina Italiana · Puerto RicoCasa Pimentón · San JuanPuntino · Key Biscayne

Tell us about your project

Where you are and when you want to open. The first call is free: Salvatore's team will call you to set it up.