Paolo Cappuccio: history of the chef who made the web indignant with a homophobic post

Paolo Cappuccio, until a few days ago, was a chef like many others. One who years ago had even managed to take a Michelin star, probably the most coveted recognition in the field of international catering: he had brought her to Stube Hermitage in Madonna di Campiglioin 2009, before dedicating itself to an activity of external consultancy and catering. Activities that chef Paolo Cappuccio continues to do, as can be seen from his site, where he defines himself a little improperly “starred chef” (the Michelin stars remain at the restaurant, not to the chef, and in fact the Sube Hermitage continues to be starry, with the guidance of a new chef, while Paolo Cappuccio technically starry is not).

An activity that brings him a lot of work, evidently, to the point of having to look for new collaborators. And it was there that the name of Paolo Cappuccio came to the limelight of the chronicles, with a personal research post whose content was amplified by the sharing of the journalist and television author Luca Bottura. In this post (then canceled by social media), Paolo Cappuccio said he was looking for a “chef with a brigade for 4 star hotels in Trentino”. The conditions for applying to the workplace, however, were very specific, and far from inclusive. Excluded «communists or fancazzisti, Master Chef of the CAZ ** OE related, people with alcohol problems, drugs and sexual orientation », He said a hood, wondering if he may remain “some more or less normal subjects”.

Needless to say, a post of this nature has (rightly) aroused general indignation. And it is not – as some comment – to allow a potential employer to decide with those who want to work, but simply to respect the law, which prohibits discriminatory ads when looking for staff. But even earlier, to use common sense, tolerance and civilization, which cannot include considering sexual orientation a “problem” such as to prevent peaceful work.

The excuses (not very convincing) of chef Paolo Cappuccio

Yet it is precisely what Paolo Cappuccio claimed, apologizing for the post in a not too convincing way, to be honest. Initially the chef attributed the outburst to mental fatigue, and explained that, from his very personal point of view, homosexuals in the kitchen are also fine, provided that “Don’t ostentine excessively”because this behavior could “create tensions in the team”.

Who knows what too much is, for the chef hood, which in the meantime has been widely unmasked in an attitude that more than the result of tiredness would seem the result of a precise conviction, so much so that it is repeated. In fact, it was not the first time that the chef published a work announcement with these tones, turning for help to his “comraded” friends. The post under accusation, therefore, is not an isolated case, and indeed it seems to be part of a way of doing and expressing the chef, hence some restaurants (in particular The house of spirits, With which hooded he arrived in 149th place at the Best Chef Awards 2017) they have already dissociated themselves, claiming that he no longer had to do with him and not to support his ideas and externalizations in any way.

Not to mention the obvious and eloquent tattoos that the chef exhibits on the arms: a littorio bundle, and even a swastika, as can be glimpsed in some frames of the videos he published on social networks. Signs that do not leave great space to doubts about his political belonging (despite the fact that he says to cook and not deal with the theme), nor on the real intention of the posts he has published. No misunderstanding, it seems, useless to turn around and try excuses that do not play too realistic.

That, with those tattoos, it seems evident that the ostentation, in his case, is fine, and does not create any tension within the team. Provided that he is made alone.