Career
A native of Rochester, New York, Tramonto began his culinary career working in a Wendy"s Old Fashioned Hamburgers. He later worked in New York City and London, England. In 1994, while at Trio in Evanston, Illinois, Tramonto was named among Food & Wine Magazine"s Top Ten Best New Chefs.
Tramonto was named the "Best Chef: Midwest Region" by The James Beard Foundation in 2002.
At this time, Rick was also a featured chef on Great Chef television, appearing in episodes of Great Chefs of America, Great Chefs - Great Cities, Top Chef, Top Chef Masters, and Iron Chef America. Tramonto founded Cenitare Restaurants in 2006, opening several restaurants in a Wheeling, Illinois hotel, including Tramonto"s Steak & Seafood, Osteria di Tramonto (now closed) and Reality Therapy Lounge.
He left the company in 2009. Tramonto left Tru in 2010.
Restaurant R’evolution offers contemporary Creole cuisine.
Their second venture is Seafood R"evolution, which opened in 2014 in Ridgeland Mississippi, just outside Jackson.
