Owner and Executive Chef Giuliano Casulli graduated as a Certified Master Chef from Scuola Alberghiera, Castellana Grotte, Bari, Italy. During the summer Giuliano moved to Venezia, Italy, and worked at numerous hotel restaurants while on break from school. During school, he worked in local restaurants in his hometown of Putignano.  After graduating, Giuliano moved to Texas where he worked as a Sous-Chef and ultimately as an Executive Chef. Giuliano then became a partial owner of his former restaurant Piccolo Mondo in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. During this time he was the winner of the 1995 Zagat Best Italian Restaurants award, among many People's Choice Awards from Taste of Arlington. On August 3, 2012, Giuliano decided it was time for a change and brought the taste of Southern Italy to beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado. La Bella Vita quickly won Best Real Italian By the Experts from the Gazette's Best of the Springs in 2013 and has continued his success since.