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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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.