da: Designspongeonline
Figlio di padre italiano e madre tedesca, Yotam Ottolenghi è nato a Gerusalemme 41 anni fa.
La sua rapida carriera come pasticcere eimprenditore gastronomnico, nonché come giornalista (è stato redattore del quotidiano israeliano Haaretz e oratiene una rubrica di gastronomia per l’inglese Guardian) sini la prova delle numerose occasioni di successo che l’Inghilterra di oggi offre a uno straniero.
Ecco una sintesi della sua biografia, in linhua inglese:
Yotam was born in Jerusalem, 41 years ago to a mother from Germany and a father from Italy. He completed his studies in Philosophy and Literature at Tel Aviv university and worked as a sub-editor for the daily Haaretz. In 1997, after completing his Master of Arts degree, he moved to London to attend a few courses at The Cordon Bleu, during which time he also worked in the evenings as a pastry chef. He continued to work for a couple of more years in various restaurants and delis until 2002, when, along with Noam Bar and Sami Tamimi, he set up Ottolenghi: a unique food shop offering a wide range of freshly made savoury dishes, baked products and patisserie items. They now have four locations in London.
Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi, was published by Ebury Press in May 2008 and sold over 100,000 copies. Ottolenghi’s second book, Plenty, also published by Ebury Press, was released earlier this month.
Yotam writes The New Vegetarian column in The Guardian’s Weekend Saturday magazine. He lives with his partner, Karl, in west London.
