Sunfishgrill

Tony Sindaco grew up in the kitchen of his very Italian grandmother in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. As a child, he preferred to be with his grandmother learning how to make fresh noodles, choose perfect ripe tomatoes from the garden and how to use fresh herbs.
He started out a dish / pot washer and bussing tables at local restaurants at the age of fourteen. Tony knew be the age of seventeen that he wanted to be a Chef.
He received his American Culinary Federation Certified Apprenticeship under Rene Mettler at the Buckhill Inn in Buckhill Falls, Pennsylvania.

This is where he learned all of the posts in the traditional Brigade system. He then traveled to Gstaad, Switzerland to work at the Michelin rated 5 Star Palace Hotel under Chefs Henri Jolidon and Peter Wyss. As Chef Tournant.
Upon arriving back in the states, Tony accepted the position of Chef Poissonnier at the AAA 5 Diamond Hemsley palace in New York City under Chef Andre Rene.

During this period, he was also Team Captain for the French Gold Medal Teams at the 1982 and 1983 New York Food Shows. He won 3 silver medals and one bronze medal at the 1984 and 1988 International Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt, Germany. He represented the state of New York in the American Seafood Challenge in Charleston, South Carolina.

Tony was also a guest at the James Beard House in 1989 and 2000. After years of more meetings and paperwork and less & less cooking, Tony left the hotels for the restaurant scene. In Florida, where he finally settled, Tony received critical acclaim at some of the states finest restaurants such as Langosta Beach in Miami, Go Fish in Fort Lauderdale and Casablanca South Beach.

In 1998 Tony and his wife Erika opened the Sunfish Grill. It has been the top rated seafood restaurant in South Florida earning the Sun-Sentinel 4 Star review and the Miami Herald’s Exceptional Rating. The Sunfish Grill has also garnered a 25 food rating in the Zagat’s Survey.