Laurent Zirotti
French Restaurateur
Billings, Montana

Laurent Zirotti grew up in France influenced by the cooking of his French mother and Italian grandmother At age 15 he began a three-year program at Thonon-les-Bains, a prestigious hotel and catering school in the French Alps. Following this apprenticeship he moved to Nice on the Riviera, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Hospitality Industry. Laurent and Patricia met at the Hotel Management School in Nice then spent some time traveling the United States before returning to the Riviera to raise their family. Laurent was deputy general manager at the Hotel Majestic in Cannes and Patricia worked as special event coordinator for the consulting company, Accenture. Laurent and his family moved to Billings in 1998 to open Enzo Mediterranean Bistro and serve as the general manager. He has been a restaurant consultant at the Granary for the last three month. After a successful ten years, the Zirotti's will be leaving Billings this summer to begin a new adventure of opening their own restaurant in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.