My favourite
restaurant in
San Francisco is
Boulevard, but
there are many
places for
great food. A
friend of mine, Ravi
Kapur, opened Liholiho
Yacht Club and that's
incredible. It's Hawaiian
food and really fun.
I serve my favourite co� ee in Vico:
I've worked my way through a
lot of brands and I've not found
better than Lavazza. I was
surprised that such a big brand
could o� er such good quality and
good value as well. I prefer Italian
co� ee to the Antipodean approach;
they tend to be better at working with
milk but I prefer Italian espressos.
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RESTAURANTS & FOOD
My favourite places in Italy are the ones I know best. I adore
Sperlonga. My mum grew up in Italy and we've got a family
house there. It's halfway between Rome and Naples and I go
several times a year if I can.
I think it's really trite but I would say love is the most
important thing you can put into any dish.
My guilty pleasure is
eating. I go to the gym
quite a lot to try and
deal with what I eat,
but I can't quite
keep up. When I
fancy something
sweet, I'll use
the excuse of
having to taste
every single ice
cream we make.
Bocca di Lupo specialises
in quite obscure cooking
and we can't cater for
everybody. I felt there was
a gap in the market for
somewhere accessible like
Vico, both fi nancially and
in terms of what it o ered.
I've had people walk out of
Bocca, not many, but one
or two saying it wasn't an
Italian because it didn't have
spaghetti and meatballs.
San Francisco is
friend of mine, Ravi
Kapur, opened Liholiho
Yacht Club and that's
incredible. It's Hawaiian
food and really fun.