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Style of Lodi would like to welcome Guantonio's,
Italian Wood Fire Cuisine. We recently interviewed
Shelly and Nick Guantone, the owners of Gunatonio's to learn
the story behind this unique new catering company. Here's
what they had to say:
"Our
son Nicholas was cooking at a Restaurant in Berkeley, Ca
called "Downtown" on a Mugnaini oven. He
loved the way it cooked the results it created. Each of our
3 kids ( Nicholas , Natalie and Jessica ) , my husband Nick
and myself ( Shelly ) , all love to cook. We center many
events around cooking and celebration !
The entire Mugnaini oven idea came about while Nick and I
were doing a remodel for some friends down in Aptos, CA.
We
noticed this really cool Red Mobil oven unit on the street
while working down there. Long story short ... we tried to
open a restaurant in downtown Lodi but kept hitting
obstacles and when he decided to check into the Mobil oven
unit instead, it happened to be the same owner of the red
one we had been seeing for the past year in Aptos.
It was fate. We ended up finally purchasing
one for ourselves and we have loved cooking and baking in it
ever since. We just purchased our oven on April 30,2010.
Soon after we had 4 events booked. We did our first event
last Sunday May 16th at Phillips Farms.
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90 pizzas. We did our Pizza Margherita, Pizza Gorgonzola
Onion, and Pizza Pesto Sausage. It went over very well
and the pizzas were a hit !!! Our specialty is the Pizza
Margherita, but we can do just about any type. We just
did an intimate dinner for 12 on Friday evening May 21.We
cooked almost the entire meal out of the oven. Appetizers
started with some marinated Italian olives and a variety of
plain to spiced nuts then grilled up our Margherita pizza :
Fresh made mozzarella, fresh basil, San Marzano tomatoes
that are pureed by hand for a fresh authentic tomato sauce,
thin slivers of garlic and sprinkled with freshly grated
Pecorino Romano cheese, then baked in the wood fired oven
for just under 2 minutes... perfections ! Horsdouver we
grilled strawberry and rhubarb the chilled and placed this
mouth watering sweet combination over mixed greens and a
balsamic vinaigrette, Main course was Prime cut of rib eye
steaks , thin sliced potatoes rounds with fine diced
rosemary& olive oil grilled to a perfectly toasted
doneness and the veggies were a combination of asparagus,
thin sliced fennel, and roasted baby artichokes braised with
an olive oil herb base , then we topped the meal off with
chocolate drizzled biscotti and cannolis dipped with mini
chocolate chips and a cookie crumble ... the wine
connoisseur paired each entry with a wine and ended with a
port ...it was a yummy feast.
Our pizzas can be used as a meal or an appetizer... but just know
it is very difficult to stop at just one piece !!!
Our dough is a recipe that Nick has been working on for many
years. We lived out in the Clements area for almost 11 years and
we had no air conditioning so in the summer we cooked outside on
the BBQ most of the time. They did not deliver pizza out that far
so we would make our own. Not only does he make his our pizza
dough , he makes the most incredible French bread. We love to make
most of our food by hand... we make our own mozzarella, bread
rolls, French bread, tomato sauce, sausage, etc.
We run this business "a la Familia "My husband Nick,
my self (Shelly ) and our son Nicholas. We are the Guantones, but
our business is "Guantonio's". This is my husbands
original family name. Nick has 3 brothers. All were born
Guantonio's. His mom and dad changed their names before Nick was
born. When I married Nick my dad's name is John Anthon... after 3
months of dating Nick informed me that his last name translated
basically into the name John Anthon... Guan = John and Tonio =
Anthon ... kind of crazy so.... we decided to make this "A La
Familias"... all of the families !!! Perfect name for
the perfect business !!!
Nick and I love to entertain, make people comfortable, enjoy
themselves and be with family and friends as much as possible.
This is our way of celebrating with others and doing it " A
mano con Amore"... By hand with love !!! "
Contact Guantonio's for your next event at (209) 367-1333.
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