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un astro tricolore in danimarca A Copenhagen il ristorante Relae di Christian Puglisi, chef stellato di origini italiane, va fortissimo. Scopriamo insieme perché A DASH OF ITALY IN DENMARK. The Relae restaurant in Copenhagen owned by the Michelin-starred chef of Italian origins, Christian Puglisi, is a roaring success. Spazio Italia investigates Storia/story Antonella Gemma Tereo
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n talento precoce che si è confrontato con le prime sperimentazioni culinarie europee prima di conquistare nel 2012 la stella Michelin. Il segreto di Christian Puglisi? L’estrema semplicità di tutto quanto non è nel piatto dove invece, assolutamente, vige l’imperativo dell’eccellenza.
One of those precocious talents honed by a prolonged apprenticeship in Europe’s top restaurants before conquering his first Michelin star in 2012. So what’s Christian Puglisi’s secret? Excellent cuisine in simple surroundings. Christian, tell us about your early career... “I moved to Copenhagen when I was seven, in the spring of 1990
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Christian, parlaci dei tuoi inizi di carriera... “A 7 anni ero già a Copenhagen, nella primavera 1990. Ho fatto la scuola alberghiera qui, ma il mio primo vero lavoro è stato a Parigi, in un bistrot: volevo cominciare in un posto dove si doveva anche improvvisare un po’ e capire il rispetto della materia prima. Avevo 18 anni”.
and studied catering here. But my first job was in a bistro in Paris. I wanted to start off in a place where you had to improvise sometimes and learn to respect the raw ingredients. I was just 18”. Then you set off around Europe… “I went back to Paris in 2005 because I’d sent my CV to all the restaurants there with three
Michelin stars. Then a friend of mine told me about El Bulli in Spain. Although I wasn’t particularly keen on the molecular gastronomy it specialised in, I did find the way the kitchen was organised interesting; how the ingredients were chosen and things like that, so I went to work there in 2006. It was a different type of cuisine, and I found myself missing being
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