Not being able to keep up piano lessons. I did a year and I was really good and loved it and then my parents couldn’t afford for me to continue.
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View profile →I wanted to be a footballer at first, like any other Neapolitan kid.
Overcooking pasta for my Italian family in Napoli – they would kill me.
Minimum effort, maximum satisfaction. That’s the way everyone should live.
I would have spent more time with my parents. I did see them often, but you don’t realise how much you’ll miss someone or something until it’s gone.
I am always very happy in Sardinia with my family; I spend at least six months of the year there. Six months working and six months relaxing – I think that is a great balance.
As a nice and fair guy who helped bring authentic Italian cooking to the UK.
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