# Pasquale Di Diana

> Hospitality has been my life for more than two decades. I’m a chef, restaurant operator, consultant, and advisor specializing in private dining, catering, restaurant openings, operations, concepts, and buying and selling restaurants. I also help brands grow through marketing, creative direction, and bringing Italian food and hospitality products into the U.S. market through partnerships and distribution.

- Email: pasquale@rnbchicago.com
- Phone: +17083695369

- **Restautant Brokerage & Real Estate I help operators buy, sell, and evaluate restaurants, hospitality businesses, and commercial spaces — from existing operations to new locations.**

- **What services do you offer?** I work across hospitality, including private chef experiences, full-service events, restaurant consulting, concept and brand development, marketing and content, restaurant acquisitions and sales, hospitality real estate, and select Italian import and brand partnerships.
- **What does a private chef experience include?** Each experience is customized and can include menu development, ingredient sourcing, on-site cooking, coursed service, tableside elements, staffing, and cleanup. The goal is to bring a restaurant-level experience into your home or private setting.
- **How can a chef help make an event feel special?** A chef can bring thoughtful food, presentation, and hospitality together to create a cohesive experience. Personal touches, well-considered menus, and engaging service can help guests feel welcomed and connected.
- **Do you customize every menu?** Yes. Menus are built around the occasion, your guests, dietary needs, location, and the type of experience you want to create.
- **How much does private dining cost?** Pricing depends on guest count, menu, staffing, location, and the level of service and production involved. Every event is quoted individually after a short conversation.
- **What size events can you handle?** We work with everything from intimate dinners to larger private celebrations, corporate events, retreats, festivals, and full-scale hospitality productions.
- **What is included with full-service event catering?** Depending on the event, we can handle culinary production, chefs, servers, bartenders, live-fire or on-site cooking, service, setup, rentals, experiential elements, and cleanup.
- **Do you provide staff, rentals, and bartenders?** Yes. Additional chefs, servers, bartenders, rentals, equipment, and event support can be coordinated based on the needs of the event.
- **Do you travel for events and consulting?** Yes. I travel for private events, retreats, restaurant consulting, openings, brand projects, and hospitality opportunities. Travel expenses may apply.
- **What does your hospitality consulting include?** Consulting can include concept development, menu strategy, operations, kitchen systems, costing, SOPs, openings, repositioning, revenue opportunities, guest experience, and overall business strategy.
- **Do you work with both new and existing restaurants?** Yes. I work with concepts from the earliest planning stages as well as established restaurants looking to improve operations, menus, profitability, positioning, or the guest experience.
- **Can you come onsite and evaluate my restaurant?** Yes. On-site assessments can include observation of operations, kitchen workflow, menu, service, systems, staffing, branding, and guest experience, followed by clear recommendations and an action plan.
- **What does Concept & Brand Development include?** It can include concept creation, positioning, storytelling, creative direction, social media strategy, photography, video production, reels, promotional campaigns, launches, and ongoing marketing support.
- **Do you offer ongoing social media and marketing support?** Yes. Ongoing support can include creative direction, content planning, photo and video storytelling, promotional content, reels, campaigns, and overall brand consistency.
- **Can you produce professional photo and video content?** Yes. We can develop and produce professional photography, full video, social content, promotional pieces, reels, and brand storytelling depending on the project.
- **Do you help people buy or sell restaurants?** Yes. I work with restaurant and hospitality opportunities involving acquisitions, dispositions, operating businesses, assets, and locations, while coordinating with the appropriate licensed professionals where required.
- **Can you help me evaluate a restaurant before I buy it?** Yes. I can help evaluate the concept, kitchen, equipment, operations, menu, market position, location, and overall hospitality opportunity before you move forward.
- **Do you help find restaurant spaces?** Yes. I can help identify and evaluate restaurant, bar, event, and hospitality spaces, including second-generation opportunities and new locations.
- **Can restaurant sales be handled confidentially?** Yes. Many restaurant transactions require discretion, and confidential opportunities can be handled accordingly.

## Services

- [Private Chef Experiences](https://didianahospitality.com/services/private-italian-dining.md): Restaurant-level dining brought into your home or private setting, with customized menus, tableside moments, service, and cleanup.
- [Full Service Event Catering From intimate celebrations to large-scale events, we handle the food, staffing, service, live cooking, and hospitality production from start to finish.](https://didianahospitality.com/services/live-fire-event-catering.md)
- [Hospitality Consulting](https://didianahospitality.com/services/hospitality-consulting.md): I help restaurants turn ideas into stronger businesses through concept development, operations, menu strategy, systems, training, and guest experience.
- [Concept & Brand Development I help hospitality brands shape their identity and grow through creative direction, social media, photography, video, reels, storytelling, promotions, and ongoing marketing](https://didianahospitality.com/services/hospitality-brand-strategy.md)
- [Italian Imports & Brand Partnerships](https://didianahospitality.com/services/italian-imports-brand-partnerships.md): Bringing distinctive Italian products and producers to the U.S. market through strategic partnerships, hospitality relationships, and distribution opportunities.

## Contact & Social

- [instagram](https://instagram.com/pasquale_didiana)

## Pages

- [Home](https://didianahospitality.com/index.md)
- [Brand Story And Positioning](https://didianahospitality.com/services/hospitality-brand-strategy.md)
- [Guest Experience Strategy](https://didianahospitality.com/services/hospitality-consulting.md)
- [Curated Italian Brand Match](https://didianahospitality.com/services/italian-imports-brand-partnerships.md)
- [Live-Fire Italian Feast](https://didianahospitality.com/services/live-fire-event-catering.md)
- [A Tailored Italian Table](https://didianahospitality.com/services/private-italian-dining.md)