Giorgio Locatelli Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

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Giorgio Locatelli was born on 7 April, 1963 in Italy. Discover Giorgio Locatelli's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Giorgio Locatelli Height, Weight & Measurements

At 60 years old, Giorgio Locatelli height is 1.8 m .

Who Is Giorgio Locatelli's Wife?

His wife is Plaxy

Giorgio Locatelli Net Worth

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In January 2019, he became a judge of MasterChef Italia. In May of the same year he was guest in the Italian talk show "EPCC (E poi c'è Cattelan)" hosted by Alessandro Cattelan. There he announced he would be coming back as judge also for the ninth season of MasterChef Italia. He also revealed he feels to be more British than Italian, having spent so many years in London.

In October 2016, Locatelli was awarded the Commendatore OMRI by the Italian Ambassador for services to Italian gastronomy, the equivalent of a British knighthood.

He has written three cookery books Made in Italy, was published in September 2006. Made in Italy has received the Best Food Book award at the Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards 2007. A second book, Made in Sicily, was published in September 2011. Made at Home was published by 4th Estate in 2017. He was also on featured BBC2 the British food revival.

In February 2002, Locatelli and his wife Plaxy opened their first independent restaurant, Locanda Locatelli, in Seymour Street. The restaurant, which serves traditional Italian dishes, was awarded a Michelin star in 2003, which has been retained every year since.

Locatelli has featured in six TV series: Pure Italian, 2002, aired on the UK Food channel; Tony and Giorgio, filmed with entrepreneur Tony Allan, shown on BBC2; and Sicily Unpacked Italy Unpacked with art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon and Rome Unpacked.'It has been sold world wide.

They won "Best Italian Restaurant" at the London Carlton Restaurant Awards for two consecutive years and their first Michelin star in 1999. His cooking aims to highlight the natural flavours of quality produce, much of which he imports directly from Italy. He opened his second restaurant, Spighetta, on Blandford Street, in July 1997 and its sister restaurant Spiga, on Wardour Street, in March 2009. He left Zafferano and withdrew his services from Spiga and Spightetta in 2001 and the two restaurants have since closed.

On his return to London a couple of years later, Locatelli opened Olivo Restaurant, Eccleston Street, before opening Zafferano in February 1995.

Locatelli was brought up in Corgeno in the comune of Vergiate on the banks of Lake Comabbio, northern Italy. His uncle ran a restaurant, giving him an appreciation and understanding of food from an early age. After working for a short spell in local restaurants in north Italy and Switzerland, Locatelli went to England in 1986 to join the kitchens of Anton Edelmann at The Savoy. In 1990, Locatelli moved to Paris and worked at Restaurant Laurent and La Tour d’Argent. Locatelli was in the army in his youth.