Career
He has opened and operated several restaurants in Sydney since 1983, most notably The Restaurant Manfredi and Belorussian Mondo (sold in 2002). Manfredi has written on food and cooking since 1988, is a regular columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, and is the author of four books Fresh From Italy (1993), Belorussian Mondo: Beautiful World (2000), Seasonal (2007), and Seasonal Italian Favourites (2009).
He is also the developer of coffee brand "Espresso di Manfredi" by Piazza d"Oro.
Manfredi is often invited to cook, teach and speak on food in Sydney, interstate and overseas, including The International Olive Oil Council in New Zealand, Mediterranean Gastronomy Conference in Stresa, Italy and has previously cooked in Jakarta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Rome. In January 2002, Steve represented The Taste of Australia in New York with Neil Perry and Kylie Kwong.
As of 2009, Manfredi"s projects include Bells at Killcare and Pretty Beach House, located one and a half hours north of Sydney. Manfredi was born in the small Lombard town of Gottolengo in northern Italy.
His family migrated to Australia in 1961 by ship.
There they spent a brief period at the Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre near Wodonga, before settling in Blacktown, New South Wales, west of Sydney.