Antonella Clerici and Sergio Barzetti – ifood
Goodbye Sergio Barzetti? The famous chef is finally leaving the Rai program, Clerici can't help it.
The farewell to Sergio Barzetti On the famous Rai program, it is inevitable that the chef is really forced to leave and say goodbye to the audience Antonella Clerici.
Mister Alloro, as the Milanese chef is known for his fondness for this ingredient, which he would add to every dish if he could, is an old acquaintance.
Today is over It's always middaybut in the past he was one of the chefs of The cooking test. Teacher, gastronomic consultant, chef, author. His works include a book entirely dedicated to rice risotto cooker, and many on the art of fruit and vegetable carving.
Let's find out more about him, what happened and why he said goodbye Note transfer.
Sergio Barzetti: Farewell to the well-known show
Sergio Barzetti He prefers to describe himself as an experienced chef rather than a cook and thinks he took this path by accident. In fact, he accidentally confessed to it Natural cuisine some time ago. The choice of hotel management was based solely on the fact that he needed a diploma in order to be able to pursue his true passion, leading harness racing horses. Nothing exciting at the beginning: “I also went into the kitchens of the big restaurants to observe and learn, and in the beginning, like everyone else, it was mainly about polishing copper pots and cleaning, peeling, cutting.” Me I am grateful to my teachers for giving me these experiences. Nowadays there is a lot of emphasis on creativity, but if the basics are not there, everything comes to nothing.”
The basics he talks about are, for example, the different pieces of vegetables: “Every cook must know how to perfectly prepare a mirepoix, a brunoise, a julienne, a chifonnade.” And he explains that the first two are very regular “cubes “, the first is bigger than the second. The chifonnade is also similar to the more familiar julienne, but the stripes are thinner. It is these subtleties that make the difference between an “expert chef” and a simple cooking enthusiast. But then why the farewell?
Sergio Barzetti and Antonella Clerici – ifood (Instagram photo)
The controversy
As many will know a few weeks ago Sergio Barzetti was overwhelmed by controversy over some phrases uttered during the broadcast It's always midday. As the chef talks to the hostess and the sommelier about wine and the confidence that comes from cooking together with your partner with a glass in your hand, he makes an unfortunate exit: “And then you go and do something important, you go and stun that.” Prey.” Antonella Clerici He tries to soften it by admitting that what the man said wasn't nice, but he sinks by talking about his wife Laura met at a cooking class and remarked, “I tried to stalk her by giving her a drink to numb her, but I didn't know she was a teetotaler.” After the huge controversy surrounding These terrible sentences arose, both from the presenter and himself Barzetti they apologized.
All forgiven? It seems so, no farewell to the program for now, the only farewell that was given by the chef The cooking test when he left in 2018 to focus on his restaurant.