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The Food Chain: Antonio Carluccio: My life in five dishes

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Antonio Carluccio: My Life in Five Dishes

16/11/2017 GMT

Antonio Carluccio: My life in five dishes

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The 'Godfather of Italian cooking' in his final interview.

Antonio Carluccio, known as the 'Godfather of Italian cooking', describes his life in food in an interview recorded days before his death.

Antonio Carluccio describes his most memorable dishes in his last ever interview. The cook, restaurateur and writer, known as the 'Godfather of Italian cooking', died five days after this recording was made, aged 80.

He tells Emily Thomas about his passion for simple, authentic Italian cuisine, and why he only began to pursue it professionally relatively late in life. He describes his horror at Britain's version of Italian food in the 1970s, his obsession with mushrooms, and reveals how much the late opera singer Luciano Pavarotti could devour in one sitting.

Plus, hear about his struggles with fame and heartache, the tensions that came with expanding his eponymous chain of restaurants and delis, and the dish he would choose as his last.

This interview was first broadcast on 16 November 2017.

(Picture: Antonio Carluccio. Credit: Fred Duval/FilmMagic via Getty Images/BBC)

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