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Fabrizio Ferrari

Italian chef in South Korea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Fabrizio Ferrari (born c.1980[1]), also called Fabri (Korean: 파브리), is an Italian chef in South Korea. He received a Michelin star for his seafood restaurant Al Porticciolo 84 in Italy in 2005.[2][3][4] His restaurant maintained that status for 15 consecutive years.[1] He has since become a celebrity chef in South Korea, and has appeared in television programs there.[5] He also has a YouTube channel called Italy Fabri. By 2022, he had over 140,000 subscribers.[1]

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He grew up in a family of restaurateurs.[5] He majored in business in college. He worked in a company in 2004, but at age 22 quit to run his family's restaurant.[2] In 2010, he reportedly worked with Korean sous-chefs that were attending a culinary school in Italy. There, he became exposed to Korean cuisine for the first time. He learned how to make kimchi and ferment various foods in Korean cuisine.[5] He began incorporating Korean flavors into Italian dishes.[2] In 2016, he was invited to compete in a Korean food competition held by the Korean Consulate General in Milan, and placed first. He then appeared on the KBS contest Global Taste of Korea.[5] In 2018, he appeared on the program Hansik Battle [ko] for three months. He moved to South Korea in 2019,[3][5] and began teaching at Woosong University in Daejeon. He also appeared in Baek's Class [ko].[5] He appeared on the 2024 Netflix program Culinary Class Wars.[6]

He brought his wife and daughter to South Korea.[1]

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