Mark Sciortino “Chef Marco”, owner of Marco’s Italian Restaurant in Buffalo, NY, has been creating and serving traditional, family-style, Italian dishes for over 30 years. He also owns the locally famous Marco’s Italian Deli, tagged as “Home of the Original SANGWICH!”, a term used by many Italian communities in place of “sandwich”.

Lactalis American Group, Inc., headquartered in Buffalo, NY, is part of Lactalis Group, the world’s leading dairy company, a French family business founded in 1933 in Laval, France. They hired Chef Marco in 2008 to be their spokesman for Sorrento® and Precious® cheeses. He demonstrated creative and fun cooking tips using their products for three national TV shows. His humorous, easy-going nature helped grow his success as a TV personality. 14 years later, Chef Marco continues to host the La Cucina Galbani® Cooking Stage and performs cooking demos at Italian Festivals across the country as spokesperson, using Galbani® cheeses under their new brand name. 

He is also featured as their celebrity chef on the Galbani Online Cooking Series. Over the years, Marco has appeared on numerous morning shows in Los Angeles, South Florida, and New York and was the featured chef for many years on “Come Dine with Me WNY!” and “Winging it Buffalo Style,” local shows in Western New York.