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São Paulo, Brazil
Name: Marcelo Neri Belculfine
Age: 47
Nationality: Brazilian
Country of Residence: Brazil
1. Your Restaurant/Business: Anhembi Morumbi University in São Paulo, Brazil
2. About Your Kitchen: Italian cuisine
3. Your Favorite Chef Works Item: PCDF Cool Vent for its comfort.
4. First Job: A cook at “Tutto Dolci”, an Italian mediterranean restaurant
5. Your Favorite Cookbook: “Fundamentos da Cozinha Clássica Italiana” (Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking) by Marcella Hazan
6. Your Awards: “Representant of Italian cuisine in Brazil” by Federazione Italiana Cuochi
7. Your Cooking Inspiration: Grandmather and grandfather’s cuisine
8. Your Speciality Dish: Spaghetti Ragout and Risotto with asparagus
9. Favorite Dish To Eat: Very spicy Asian cuisine
10. Weirdest Thing You Ever Ate: Insects (crickets and grasshoppers)
11. Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Cheesecake
12. Favorite Drink: Caipirinha (traditional Brazilian drink = cachaça, lemon, sugar and ice)
13. Favorite Wine: Don Laurindo Merlot: Reserve 2005
14. Who Would You Most Like To Cook For: Maternal grandfather
15. Who Would You Least Like To Cook For: Politicians
16. Favorite Things To Do When Not Cooking: Spending time with my family on Sunday afternoons
17. Your Latest Project: Cooking Contest for Beginners
18. Favorite City and Why: São Paulo, because you can find anything you want!
19. Your Greatest Indulgence: Cooking with my 7-year-old daughter
20. Your All Time Best Culinary Tip: Never place into the pot the entire quantity as informed in recipe, always do it slowly.
More about the chef: Marcelo is the coordinator responsible for the course of gastronomy in Anhembi Morumbi University, he teaches a course of Italian Cuisine and promotes several charitable events in order to bring the secrets of gastronomy for different social classes.