Rob LeDonne, New York Post
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
In his storied career in the kitchen, chef Salvo Lo Castro has been a star around the world and at the Vatican, plating pasta for popes, world leaders and movie stars alike. These days, he’s traded a life of crosses in Rome for the crosswalks of New York City. “The secret is I prepare everything with my heart, OK?” Lo Castro told The Post of an acclaimed career that has seen him reach the heights of culinary fame. For 10 years, he cooked at the Vatican, cultivating special relationships with both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, serving his mother’s meatballs and his namesake fettuccine Casasalvo, both of which are now available to the masses.