Have you entered our giveaway already? Through May 19th, 2020 enter our giveaway for a $25 Amazon gift card! It’s simple! All you have to do is go to Apple Podcasts, subscribe to and leave a review of This Is Yu Podcast. It was an intimate conversation, and we were so lucky to connect with him.Īfter our conversation with Luca, you won’t want to miss our segment, “New Tech Cooking” where we talk about our annual Sous Vide feast. If you are a Luca fan, you may get chills as I did when talking to him. Luca answers fan questions, and tells us about his journey from MasterChef to The Lucky Fig food truck, to his current daily life. He tells us about his private catering business “Dinner with Luca”, and the tiny house where he, his wife Cate, and children Luca and Valentino now live. We learn about Luca’s family, not only his American family, but we go back to his roots in Aviano, Italy where he grew up. He was always a gentleman, making us laugh, his blue eyes sparkling with passion for his food. He was always one of the fan favorites because he rejected the conniving and pettiness of other contestants. After a devastating rejection from season 3, Luca fought his way back to victory and into the hearts of all MasterChef fans.
Today, we catch up with Luca Manfe, winner of MasterChef season 4. Welcome to Episode 18 of This Is Yu Podcast.
“He tries different things, but he’s very good at finishing them.Episode #18 - Winner - MasterChef Season 4 - Luca Manfe His mother said she wasn’t surprised at his perseverance on the show. That’s what the name of the restaurant will be,” he said, taking a glance at his American wife, Catherine, and 8-week-old son, Luca, lounging on a couch at his parents’ home. His presentation of frico was key to his success on “MasterChef.” It’s a dish of fried cheese and potatoes, often combined with other ingredients, such as flour, onions, radicchio and meats or mushrooms. Proud of his heritage, Manfé credits his mother and grandmother as his main cooking influences. Many natives speak Friulano, a dialect that’s different enough from Italian to be considered a separate language by many. With the help of his “MasterChef” victory, he’s attracted investors to take his career to a new level by opening New York City’s first Friulian venue.Īviano is a part of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy’s most northeastern region. Manfé himself worked for two summers on base mowing lawns. His father, Fedruccio Manfé, has been with the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron for 20 years. His mother, Bruna Fedrigo, has worked in the 31st Contracting Squadron for 26 years. The exchange quickly sold the 175 copies it had in stock, and the line of people waiting to get the book signed stretched to the entrance. If his recent book signing was any indication, the fame is somewhat lasting. And the $250,000 prize is going to help with the last part.
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The fame generated from winning the series would help with all of that. He’s got a book, “My Italian Kitchen,” to promote, a venture as a personal cook that’s taken him across his adopted country, and a restaurant in New York to open. He wouldn’t mind some level of fame in the United States, though. “They’ve moved on to other things.”īut since Manfé doesn’t plan to open a restaurant in Italy, he’s OK with that.
Italian journalists “don’t want to talk to me now,” Manfé said, smiling. And a barrage of press coverage after his victory proved that he had a lot of supporters in Italy, including his parents, who are longtime employees at the base. “It’s not as popular as some shows in the States,” Manfé said during a recent visit to Italy that included a book signing at the exchange on Aviano Air Base.īut nearly 6 million viewers is still a lot of people.
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