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Italian restaurateur (1937-2017)

Antonio Carluccio, OBE, OMRI (Italian:[anˈtɔːnjokarˈluttʃo]; 19 April 1937 – 8 November 2017) was an Italian chef, restaurateur and food expert, based in London. He was called "the godfather of Italian gastronomy", with a career of more than 50 years.

Comm. Antonio Carluccio OBE

He is perhaps best remembered for his television appearances, including his partnership with fellow Italian chef Gennaro Contaldo, and their BBC Two television series Two Greedy Italians.

Early life

Antonio Carluccio was born in Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, in the Campania region, the fifth of six children of Giovanni Carluccio, a stationmaster from a family of Beneventobookbinders, and his wife Maria, née Trivellone.^[1]

He moved with his father's job when he was young and lived in Castelnuovo Belbo and Borgofranco d'Ivrea.

Living in the northwest, an area with great vegetation, as a child he would hunt through the forest for different mushrooms and fungi The Antonio Carluccio Foundation - About Antonio GITI