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Was an Italian chef really fired over refusal to put pineapple on pizza?

Italian chef Davide Tamburella was fired from a Brisbane restaurant in May after the establishment's management expressed concerns about a string of complaints about the chef's behaviour.Among them were Tamburella's refusal to provide ham and pineapple pizza for guests at a function.It was the…

Was an Italian chef really fired over refusal to put pineapple on pizza?
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Italian chef Davide Tamburella was fired from a Brisbane restaurant in May after the establishment's management expressed concerns about a string of complaints about the chef's behaviour.Among them were Tamburella's refusal to provide ham and pineapple pizza for guests at a function.It was the…

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The chef had stated that putting pineapple on pizza was "offensive to his culture".

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