CHEF NICK ARCURI

Nick has over 25 years of hospitality industry experience including 10 years as a practicing Sports Registered Dietitian and Director of Team Nutrition/Head Chef with the St. Louis Rams, Memphis Grizzlies, and Boston Celtics. He is currently working his 11th season in professional sports as the Team Chef for the Miami Heat. 

 

Nick's foundational experiences include Degrees from the University of Miami, the French Culinary Institute (now known as the Institute of Culinary Education) and Johnson & Wales University. As well as internships with the Denver Broncos and experience cooking in celebrity chef restaurants including Scott Connant’s Scarpetta at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, Emeril Lagasses’s Miami Beach, Alain Ducasse’s Benoit in New York City, and Abigail Kirsch in Tarrytown, New York.