Italy has lost one of its most
promising young chefs after Alessandro Narducci was killed with
his friend and colleague Giulia Puleio in a road accident in
Rome overnight.
Narducci, 29, trained under one of the biggest names on the
Italian restaurant scene, German native Heinz Beck, and worked
with another, Angelo Troiani, to open his own Rome eatery,
Acquolina, a Michelin-star-winning establishment.
Narducci and Puleio, 25, were killed when the scooter they
were riding on collided with a car near the River Tiber in the
Prati district of the capital.
The were on their way back from a doing a show of cooking at
the Vinoforum wine and cuisine event.
"His death is a shock," said Beck.
Acquolina said on Friday that it was closed for mourning.
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