Mimmo Ferraro's Italian Restaurant
5900 W Flamingo
Las Vegas, Nevada 89103
(702)364-5300 www.ferraroslasvegas.com
Mimmo Ferraro was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has taken Over the business at Ferraro’s after his graduation from the California Culinary Academy, where he graduated in the top 10% of his class. He Has a lifetime of knowledge in the business having grown up with his Mother and father owning restaurants their whole adult life.
After his Graduation from the Culinary Academy and taking a business management Course at UNLV, Mimmo studied in Tuscany, Italy, working under some Of the best Chefs Italy has to offer. Mimmo’s Father, Gino, has been around food his whole life also, since his birth in Satriano, in the Calabria Province of Italy. Gino now is the director of Wine for Ferraro’s. His Extensive knowledge of Italian Wine can be seen in the award winning Wine List available at Ferraro’s. Ferraro’s has garnered such accolades as “5 Star Diamond Award”, “DiRona Award of Excellence”, and the “Wine Spectator Award of Excellence” and a “Wine Enthusiast Award”.
In Mimmo’s own words, “I love what I do! I have a passion for the Restaurant and service industry. I enjoy every aspect of the business; from being in the kitchen creating new dishes and doing what comes natural to me. I enjoy walking in the dining room, talking to the regular customers and meeting new people. I always try to make them feel welcome and a part of the family, because that is what we are…. A Family!!! Working along with My Father, Mother, Sisters and Grandmother are by far the greatest rewards Of this business.
In the words of GINO FERRARO, Mimmo’s father, “I taught him everything he knows!!”
