https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Chef Rubio, a regular face on Italian TV, is serving up a taste of home cooking in the unlikeliest of places: a Gaza jail. https://www.thelocal.it/20200124/italian-tv-chef-serves-up-cooking-lessons-at-gaza-prison Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:24:57 +0100 italian-tv-chef-serves-up-cooking-lessons-at-gaza-prison It’s a very happy new year for one Australian living in Italy who beat fierce competition to win Italian TV cooking show Il Ristorante Degli Chef. https://www.thelocal.it/20190104/australian-wins-italys-il-ristorante-degli-chef-tv-cooking-contest Fri, 04 Jan 2019 14:57:11 +0100 australian-wins-italys-il-ristorante-degli-chef-tv-cooking-contest Wannabe chef Valter di Cecco, who moved from Sydney to Rome, tells The Local how he hopes to shake up Italy's food scene with his spicy, multicultural cuisine. https://www.thelocal.it/20181129/the-aussie-expat-in-the-finals-of-a-tv-cooking-competition Thu, 29 Nov 2018 11:31:54 +0100 the-aussie-expat-in-the-finals-of-a-tv-cooking-competition Italian chef Gualtiero Marchesi, widely considered the father of the country's nouvelle cuisine, died on Tuesday in his native city of Milan at the age of 87, local media said. https://www.thelocal.it/20171227/gualtiero-marchesi-father-of-italian-nouvelle-cuisine-dies Wed, 27 Dec 2017 09:35:59 +0100 gualtiero-marchesi-father-of-italian-nouvelle-cuisine-dies The man who helped bring Italian home cooking to Britain, Antonio Carluccio, has died at the age of 80. https://www.thelocal.it/20171108/antonio-carluccio-dead-at-80 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 18:48:05 +0100 antonio-carluccio-dead-at-80 His father wanted him to become a lawyer, and he nearly did. https://www.thelocal.it/20160715/meet-massimo-bottura-the-genius-behind-the-worlds-best-restaurant Fri, 15 Jul 2016 11:10:19 +0200 meet-massimo-bottura-the-genius-behind-the-worlds-best-restaurant Homeless people at a soup kitchen in Bologna threatened to “return to the streets” after being fed vegan food last week by a famous Italian chef. https://www.thelocal.it/20160426/homeless-snub-famous-italian-chefs-vegan-dishes Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:54:39 +0200 homeless-snub-famous-italian-chefs-vegan-dishes French police are investigating the murder of a 30-year-old Italian chef near his home in southern France. https://www.thelocal.it/20151012/italian-chef-murdered-in-france Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:27:13 +0200 italian-chef-murdered-in-france