AN ITALIAN chef has been sacked after refusing to put pineapple on pizza, claiming it was an insult to his culture. Pizza-purist, Davide Tamburella, was let go from the now shuttered La Costa restaurant in Brisbane, Australia, following a string…
Italian chef Davide Tamburella was sacked from now-closed La Costa Restaurant and Bar in Brisbane for refusing to put pineapple on pizza. Tamburella said adding the fruit to the Italian dish was ‘an insult to his culture’ Does pineapple actually…
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An Italian chef sacked from a Brisbane restaurant had refused to put pineapple on a pizza because it was an “insult to his culture”. Davide Tamburella was fired from the now-closed La Costa restaurant in May, a fortnight after a…
An Italian chef in Australia has lost an unfair dismissal claim after being sacked for, among other workplace issues, refusing to serve ham and pineapple pizza, describing the topping as an insult to his culture. Davide Tamburella was dismissed from…
Davide Tamburella said the topping was an insult to his culture, but an Australian labor tribunal ruled the dismissal was lawful An Italian chef was fired from his job in Australia after he refused to make pizza with pineapple, arguing…
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I came, I saw, I refused abomination. An Italian chef in Brisbane, Australia, denied a request to add pineapple to pizza, calling it an “insult to his culture,” and was subsequently fired. The chef, Davide Tamburella, was let go from…
An Italian chef fired from a Brisbane restaurant after refusing to put pineapple on pizza is bidding to regain his job. November 6, 2026 — 8:16am
Davide Tamburella was fired from his job as a chef at the now-closed La Costa Restaurant and Bar in Brisbane, Australia One of the concerns raised by management was his refusal to put pineapple on pizza, which he considered an…
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