Gianluca Paris is the chef and owner of Luca’s Mediterranean Café, a fine dining restaurant and The Market at Luca’s, offering light bistro style fare and catering services in Keene, New Hampshire where he lives with his wife and two children. He is the recipient of many accolades, including “Excellence in Dining” and “Best Service/Wait staff” every year since 2002 from Market Surveys of America, along with “Best Mediterranean Restaurant”, “Best Fine Dining Restaurant”, “Best Caterer in New Hampshire”, and, for four years, “Best Restaurant in the Monadnock Region” from New Hampshire Magazine.

Luca and Lindy created Culinary Journey Productions when they began diversifying into various media outlets. He has his own weekly talk radio show, “What’s Cooking with Luca Paris” He is a monthly guest on ABC’s “Cook’s Corner” segment on WMUR Channel 9 in New England. Luca is also the host of his own cooking show, also titled “A Culinary Journey with Luca Paris”, locally produced for Cheshire TV. Luca loves to entertain while teaching about culinary arts. He can be quite a ham in front of the camera, which is why everyone loves him!