Joseph Leonardi, CMC, is an internationally recognized and award-winning chef who has built his career on education, leadership and integrity. He currently serves as Assistant General Manager for St. Andrews Country Club. Prior to this post, he served as St. Andrew’s Director of Culinary and before that as Director of Culinary for The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.
Before joining The Country Club, Leonardi was the Executive Chef of the Somerset Club in Boston. He joined that club’s staff after eight years on the Johnson & Wales University faculty in Providence, R.I. Previously, he had been a research and development chef for Rich’s Sea Pak, St. Simon’s Island, Ga.
Chef Leonardi has associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Johnson & Wales.
An avid culinary competitor, Leonardi was manager of the American Culinary Federation (ACF) Culinary Team USA 2016 and served as captain in 2012 of the ACF Culinary Team USA. Both of these teams competed at the Internationale Kochkunst Ausstellung (IKA) International Culinary Exhibition (commonly known as the “culinary Olympics”) in Erfurt, Germany. Leonardi was also a member of the 2008 American Culinary Federation Culinary Regional Team USA that earned a gold medal in the cold-food salon, and was ranked No. 1 in the world out of 62 regional teams at the IKA.
