An Italian chef sacked from a Brisbane restaurant had refused to place pineapple on a pizza as a result of it was an “insult to his tradition”.
Davide Tamburella was fired from the now-closed La Costa restaurant in Might, a fortnight after a gathering with administration who had a string of complaints concerning the chef’s behaviour.
Amongst them have been Tamburella’s refusal to supply ham and pineapple pizza for friends at a operate. On the time, the chef had acknowledged that any route from administration “needn’t be adopted when it’s offensive to his tradition”.
The main points got here to gentle after the chef went to Australia’s Honest Work Fee claiming he had been unfairly dismissed.
In its ruling launched on Tuesday, the fee famous that Tamburella’s refusal to place pineapple on the pizzas was as a result of “he considers, as an Italian, that placing pineapple on a pizza is an insult to his tradition”.
It additionally famous that it was the third time Tamburella had refused to make use of the fruit on pizzas up to now 4 years.
He had beforehand requested his boss to “test how vital it’s for Italians to not put pineapple on a pizza”.
The state of Queensland, the place the restaurant is situated, is taken into account Australia’s pineapple heartland and produces all the nation’s commercially-grown pineapples.
On the Sunshine Coast, guests commonly cease to take pictures subsequent to The Large Pineapple, a heritage-listed 16m-tall fibreglass mannequin of the fruit, which has turn into an area landmark.