SCAM ALERT: How Celebrity Chef Salvo Lo Castro Exploited Writers for a Wikipedia Scheme

New York City’s culinary scene is no stranger to big personalities, but a darker side has emerged involving Salvo Lo Castro, the Vatican-trained Sicilian chef behind CASASALVO. While his brand promises "Mediterranean flair" and "generational recipes," his business ethics tell a different story of exploitation and broken promises.
The Scheme: "Draft First, Pay Never"

Recent evidence has surfaced showing a calculated pattern of fraud by Lo Castro. Using the reputation of All American Writers, Lo Castro commissioned a professional Wikipedia draft. The arrangement was simple: a professional-grade draft was to be created for his personal

Wikipedia page, with a clear agreement for payment upon review.
However, once the high-quality draft was delivered, the "Sicilian Chef" shifted his strategy:
• The Ghosting Phase: After receiving the work, Lo Castro stopped responding to messages.
• The Rejection Tactic: When pressed for payment, he claimed the draft was "unsatisfactory," despite being offered unlimited revisions to meet his standards.
• The Theft: In a blatant act of intellectual property theft, Lo Castro took the draft created by All American Writers and began shopping it around to other publishing brands.
A Pattern of Professional Fraud

The scam follows a predictable cycle. Lo Castro reaches out to agencies or individual writers with promises of payment after the work is completed. Once he has the "raw material" (the draft), he disparages the original creator to avoid paying, then uses that same material to trick other agencies into publishing it for him for free or at a lower cost.
Why This Matters

For a man who represents the "prestige" of the Vatican and the high-end NYC food scene, this behavior is a stain on his professional reputation. Exploiting the creative labor of writers is not just a "bad business deal", it is a scam designed to build his online ego at the expense of hardworking professionals.

Evidence of Fraud: Below are the screenshots documenting the initial agreement, the delivery of the draft, and the subsequent ghosting and excuses used by Salvo Lo Castro to evade payment. These images serve as a warning to all PR agencies, Wikipedia editors, and freelancers.