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quire, fresh products and out of the ordinary
ingredients you need for the dishes you pre-
pare?
Finding what’s generally required in the Mediterranean is no problem
whatsoever, there are several suppliers readily available at all times. I’ve
been placing orders as of this year with Plusmarine situated in Genoa.
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short notice, in a nutshell we have a good working relationship. Still I
haven’t dropped my old habit of deploying the services of several local
markets as over time I’ve gotten to know the ropes and the network
of people working this sector.the recipes which can make several dishes truly unique.
Your preferred recipe?
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salt, bread, potatoes, zucchini, dried fruit and citrus fruit leaves.
Which are the basic ingredients you prefer?
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scented with herbs. My favourites are thyme, rosemary, laurel leaves
and possibly fresh oregano all preferably from Southern Italy since their
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Your preferred dishes are the ones you pre-
pare for the ship owner or those dedicated to
charter parties?
The dishes I deliver to charter parties are more stimulating to pre-
pare. I am always looking to create new ones; at the same time though,
everything becomes more demanding and also stressful at times, but it’s
more gratifying and gives me great satisfaction.
The worst thing that happened to you as
Chef?
While I was living in Siena I’d often put in extra hours in a catering com-
pany and one morning at three a.m. well before dawn, we set off for
Perugia to cater for 220 guests invited to lunch following a wedding and
130 for dinner. The chosen premises were really beautiful but the area
in which to install the kitchen was a building site on which a house was
being built. There were cement bags everywhere and heaps of dust.
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almost continuously. It was all very stressing and fatiguing but in the end
all went very well. Nevertheless that was a traumatic experience I still
remember distinctly.AUTOMAR
Officina Motori Marini
Fornitura ricambi
Spare parts supply
Riparazioni motori marini
Marine engine serviceE mail: [email protected]
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