NHe makes it secret, Alessandro Borghese: he said the whole story himself in an interview a The day. An interview on his life, his career, loves, family. At a certain point another son also emerged, in addition to the two had with Wilma Oliviero: a 19 -year -old boy that the chef of Four restaurants He never met in person, even once.
Alessandro Borghese and his son he has never seen
“He is 19 years old. I knew I was a father long after his birth. I recognized it and I am still a punctual supporter. I didn’t have a way to know him“, Alessandro Borghese said to the Milanese newspaper. Born in 2006 from a report ended years ago, the son of the chef lives abroad and the contact is only virtual: “I saw it only on the internet “. As for why they have never met, he says: “There are a bit particular dynamics in which I cannot enter”. For now, therefore, the relationship remains stopped at a screen.
Alessandro Borghese and Wilma Oliviero: the meeting and the proposal by plane
Alessandro Borghese on 11 September 2024, guest at an event by Sky Sport in Milan. Credit: Stefania D’Alessandro/Getty Images
In the life of the chef, however, there is a solid family. Married for 17 years with Wilma Oliviero, he has two daughters: Arizona (2012) and Alexandra (2016). In the interview he told how he met his future wife. «I was in Milan for an interview. And who had to interview me was called Wilma. A name that intrigued me, played me very old. When I saw it, I must say that Wilma was not ancient at all. After 6 months I married her», He said.
The proposal came for a misunderstanding by plane, during a strong turbulence: “I said to her: ‘Let’s move’. But she understands ‘let’s get married’. And he replies excited: ‘Yesìì’. I didn’t want to disappoint her and really married her, “she remembered. And he confessed to being “very jealous of my daughters”, adding, however: “I give my pinches to shut up and let them do”.
The passion for cooking: from origins to ships
The cuisine is the pillar of Alessandro Borghese’s life. A passion «born Thanks to my father, Neapolitan, who on Sunday prepared the spaghetti ‘clams’»He explained. No starry school, but a self -taught path: «I had no noble masters, I did not make the great star kitchens. I’m a self-made man». The cruise ships were decisive: «It was my floating university gastronomic. I traveled around the world, I met many people: three years on board, I matured and I also had fun ». From there everything started.
The nightmare of the Laurochille Lauro
Among the experiences at sea that marked him, that On the Lauro ache, gone on fire and sunk in 1994, off the Somalia, while he was on board. The same ship that 9 years earlier, in 1985, had been diverted by a commando of Palestinian terrorists.
In 1994, he recalled the chef, “I was on the Lauro Achille, I was 18 years old. Flame ship, inclined. My mother (Barbara Bouchet) turns on TV and sees my ship over fire. He also called the President of the Republic, a mess. ” And at that juncture «I was for three days and three nights on a tank top. It was very hard ».
The projects of Borghese Alessandro
Today Alessandro Borghese is driving the eleventh season of Four restaurants On Sky and TV8. In Milan, where “I found love and I chose to establish me”, he manages AB – the luxury of simplicity. And among his projects there are “The horses: my wife and my daughters have involved me in this world. I opened a company called “GBK”». And then, a future in technology: «I am a founding partner of the start -up Joy Key, an entertainment platform. We will launch it in June ».
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