Godfather of Italian cuisine Antonio Carluccio: We've been looking to open in Bath for 10 years
The godfather of Italian cuisine dropped into Bath this week to officially open the latest addition to his restaurant chain.
Antonio Carluccio was in Bath on Tuesday to celebrate his first restaurant and delicatessen in the city, which has opened in Milsom Place.
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Antonio Carluccio at his new Bath restaurant
He said his firm had been looking for premises in the city for ten years.
"Bath has just the right people for Carluccio's.
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"Carluccio's accommodates everybody who likes good food, good manners and good ambience," he said.
Despite opening just yards from Jamie Oliver's popular Italian restaurant, he said he was confident his menus would offer something new to Bath diners.
The 75-year-old said: "If it were an operation for just churning money I wouldn't be interested. I've kept myself away from the cheap circles who do publicity for supermarkets. I'm not earning the money but for me it is more important to keep my standards and people's respect for my food.
"I believe when you do something good in life you get the reward."
Mr Carluccio, who has a consultancy role within the chain, said other chefs attempted Italian cooking but few achieved it.
"When I came here 37 years ago I saw many restaurants doing Italian food but I call it Britalian. Spaghetti bolognese doesn't exist – it's tagliatelli bolognese.
"Italian food is classic. There are 20 regions delivering different dishes – why would you need to make them up?"
He added: "People can come and have whatever they want, whenever they want, breakfast at night, main course in the morning."
The business has created 35 jobs for the city.
Comments
by Lupus
Friday, September 21 2012, 4:08PM
“Finally a discussion on this forum about things that matter.
Spaghetti come from Napoli (eaten with tomato sauce), while Bolognese sauce comes - as the name suggests - from Bologna. Spaghetti should never be eaten with Bolognese sauce. Whenever I am in Italy, I stay well clear of restaurants offering "Spag Bol" - they are sure to be tourist traps.”
by DaveF_Walcot
Friday, September 21 2012, 2:08PM
“Spaghetti bolognese doesn't exist – it's tagliatelli bolognese. Ooh! Get you. Well, in that case I won't be coming to your restaurant for it.
BTW it's spelt with an 'e' at the end.”
by lamail
Friday, September 21 2012, 8:20AM
“Spaghetti bolognese doesnt exist? Antonio,being Italian should know better.My good lady and myself enjoyed spag boll just the other night -chez nous,knocked up by yours truly.Dolmio trad sauce, dash of really lazy garlic, mince from the butcher ,and a splash of vino rosso- voila! chiao!”