Antonino Cannavacciuolo – ifood (YouTube source)
Chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo gets into trouble because of his work; He is thrown out of the house and has to sleep in the car. What happens to the MasterChef judge?
Here we are, a new season of the popular cooking talent has begun master chef, and among the expected and welcome feedback were the three judges, including himself, Antonino Cannavacciuolo.
The gentle giant of television, the protagonist of Hell's Kitchen, the chef who hides a big heart and strong empathy behind his gruff demeanor. Even if it is a bit harsh and strict with the competition every now and then.
Finally, he understands the rigor, which is how he was put on the path to big gastronomy. He said it Courier, where he remembers: “I started working in the kitchen when I was 13.5 years old. I came home at night with bruised shoulders and arms from being beaten by a cook. My mother wanted to protest. My father said, “If he gave it to her, that means he deserved it.” Now they were going to arrest this cook for mistreatment. It helped me.”
This helped him so much that he was awarded three Michelin stars, a sign that this was exactly the path he had to take despite the stormy beginnings. And fortunately something has changed today, there is no longer as much strictness in the kitchen as before. But it was precisely because of the work he loved that he ended up sleeping in his car and was thrown out of his house. How come?
Antonino Cannavacciuolo sleeps in the car
Antonino Cannavacciuolo he is the son of art. His father was also a cook and teacher at the hotel management school. And for this very reason he did not want his son to follow the same path, knowing that the great sacrifices would be necessary. TO Seven of courier He said that when he decided to admit that he too had a passion for cooking, he replied: “If you want to do this job then go for it, but you have to be sure that you are driven by a real passion.” Otherwise you will suffer a lot.”
And it's really true, the passion. Strong, irresistible. “I haven’t stopped for a moment since then,” he explained. “It was a long, very long journey, but during which I never stopped building and testing myself.” Because the truth is that this is not a job it's my life“.
The passion of Antonino Cannavacciuolo – ifood (Instagram photo)
The Cook's Misadventures
A life in the kitchen, he says Antonino Cannavacciuolo, but it doesn't bother him. But the beginnings were very difficult. As we have seen, he is already working and making sacrifices when he is not even 14 years old. Apparently it wasn't put on the stove straight away. He says: “The first order was Open the eggs: Break them, separate the yolks from the whites and beat them for vanilla ice cream. I opened 800 eggs every day to make 50 containers of ice cream for the fruit salad and wild strawberries. In the end, the kitchen had to be washed, the floor swept and the warehouse emptied. Then they switched me to the hams“.
Difficult tasks for such a small boy. So much so, he reveals: “I got a fever because of the fatigue and my father sent me sleeping in the car; He only took me to the hospital once because my legs were swollen like ham.