Pasquale Cozzolino (born 1977)[citation needed] is a Neapolitan chef based in New York, specialized in Neapolitan cuisine.
Pasquale Cozzolino | |
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| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) Naples, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | The pizza diet |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | Neapolitan cuisine |
Current restaurant(s)
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Early life edit
Cozzolino was born in Naples. He started learning cooking at the age of 15.[1] He studied at Ippolito Cavalcanti College in Naples, and he was a student of Gaetano Esposito, the great-grandnephew of the inventor of the Neapolitan Margherita Pizza.[2]
Career edit
He moved to New York in 2011 where he is the owner and chef of a Neapolitan cuisine restaurant.[3][4]
Cozzolino has been the chef for New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio since 2018,[5] and a private chef for U2, Madonna, Muse, Coldplay, Eros Ramazzotti, and Laura Pausini.[6]
He created a diet with pizza, which he experimented on himself. In 2012 he began a diet where he ate a margherita pizza cooked according to the method of Neapolitan cuisine every day for lunch, losing 96 pounds in nine months.[7][8] The concept of the diet is based on the long fermentation period of the yeast (more than 36 hours), which removes almost all the sugars from the dough.[9][10]
He also worked as advisor for a project managed by BeeHex, a startup founded by NASA, to produce pizza with 3D printers. The goal of this technology is to duplicate the original recipe of Neapolitan pizza exactly.[11][12]
References edit
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- ^ Dawsey, Josh (2013-06-05). "Spice of Pizza Life at Ribalta in Greenwich Village". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ Morabito, Greg (2014-01-22). "Masterful Pizza Making With Ribalta's Pasquale Cozzolino". Eater NY. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Ho preso per la gola il sindaco di New York". rep.repubblica.it. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "The Neapolitan Dream Team". iItaly.org. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ WPVI (2016-02-03). "New York chef says eating pizza helped him lose over 100 pounds". 6abc Philadelphia. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "How Chef Pasquale Cozzolino Says He Lost 101 Pounds Eating Pizza Every Day". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ Mariani, John. "Ribalta Is as Close to Eating in Naples as you will Find in NYC". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Chef Drops Almost 100 Lbs. Eating Pizza Everyday". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ Garfield, Leanna. "This robot can 3D-print and bake a pizza in six minutes". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "How can a 3D-printed pizza change the world?". www.fastcasual.com. 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2020-06-25.