Cibo Matto in Mansfield Bringing Italian Tradition
Owner Peter Kuplas brings his 25 years of cooking experience to Mansfield.
Cibo Matto’s Peter Kuplas has been in the restaurant business for over a quarter of a century and he’s brought his experience to Mansfield. Kuplas said he started working in a pizza shop in South Carolina. Originally, he said he went to school studying aviation science “As I was finishing school, I was cooking in the early 90s and I seemed to be good at it and it was very enjoyable,” he said. “I love the fast pace.” Kuplas said that his grandmother growing up gave his love of food. Both his mother and grandmother were 100 percent Italian. “Italian food is very second nature to me,” he said. “When you’re a kid and you’re exposed to good food, you understand what good food is.” Kuplas said that freshness was always important to him in the…
