Attilio di Fabrizio was born in 1952 in Abruzzi, and attended  the Villa Santa Maria cookery school, where many of the best chefs in Italy trained. He spent several years of apprenticeship in Italy, France, Great Britain and Switzerland, developing his culinary skills, before joining the world-famous Hotel Cipriani in Venice.

From 1975 - 1981, Attilio di Fabrizio worked in both Northern and Southern America before returning to Italy to become Chef at the renowned restaurant “Enoteca Pinchiorri” in Florence. In 1987 Attilio di Fabrizio was appointed Chef de Cuisine at the Hotel Villa San Michele.
 
Over the last few years, he has taken part in several gastronomic events in Italy and all around the world, working side by side with such famous chefs as Gaultiero Marchesi, Roger Verge, Paul Bocouse and others.