Aldo Zilli (born 26 January 1956) is an
ItalianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
-born celebrity chef who specialises in
Italian cuisineItalian cuisine as a national cuisine known today has evolved through centuries of social and political changes, with its roots traced back to 4th century BC...
. One of nine children, he was born in the small seaside town of
Alba AdriaticaAlba Adriatica is a town and comune with 11,820 residents in the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of central eastern Italy.It is known as one of the "seven sisters" of the northern Abruzzo coast, i.e...
in the central Italian region of
AbruzzoAbruzzo Abruzzo Abruzzo (IPA: /aˈbruttso/ is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than 50 miles due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...
. He has been a resident of the UK since moving to England in 1976.
He has appeared on
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
in
One Man and His HobOne Man and His Hob was a British cookery show on the digital channel Taste TV. Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli travels across the UK, creating culinary delights on a single travel cooker. Using local ingredients and enlisting the help of passers-by, Aldo creates mouth-watering specialities at outdoor...
,
Good Food Live as well as in the third series of
Celebrity Fit Club, in which he lost 15.5 kilos (2
stoneThe stone is a unit of measure, which in practice is usually a mass of about 6.35 kilograms.It ceased to be legal for trade in United Kingdom in 1985, was defined in British legislation as being a weight or mass equal to 14 [avoirdupois] pounds. It was also formerly used in several...
6 pounds), and impressed the panel so much they made him team captain replacing
Julie GoodyearJulie Goodyear, MBE is an English television actress and personality.-Biography:Born 'Julie Kemp' to her parents George and Alice Kemp...
.
Aldo Zilli (born 26 January 1956) is an
ItalianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
-born celebrity chef who specialises in
Italian cuisineItalian cuisine as a national cuisine known today has evolved through centuries of social and political changes, with its roots traced back to 4th century BC...
. One of nine children, he was born in the small seaside town of
Alba AdriaticaAlba Adriatica is a town and comune with 11,820 residents in the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of central eastern Italy.It is known as one of the "seven sisters" of the northern Abruzzo coast, i.e...
in the central Italian region of
AbruzzoAbruzzo Abruzzo Abruzzo (IPA: /aˈbruttso/ is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than 50 miles due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...
. He has been a resident of the UK since moving to England in 1976.
He has appeared on
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
in
One Man and His HobOne Man and His Hob was a British cookery show on the digital channel Taste TV. Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli travels across the UK, creating culinary delights on a single travel cooker. Using local ingredients and enlisting the help of passers-by, Aldo creates mouth-watering specialities at outdoor...
,
Good Food Live as well as in the third series of
Celebrity Fit Club, in which he lost 15.5 kilos (2
stoneThe stone is a unit of measure, which in practice is usually a mass of about 6.35 kilograms.It ceased to be legal for trade in United Kingdom in 1985, was defined in British legislation as being a weight or mass equal to 14 [avoirdupois] pounds. It was also formerly used in several...
6 pounds), and impressed the panel so much they made him team captain replacing
Julie GoodyearJulie Goodyear, MBE is an English television actress and personality.-Biography:Born 'Julie Kemp' to her parents George and Alice Kemp...
. His team won the series. He owns various restaurants around
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, all with
Zilli in their title.
He also appeared on
Through the KeyholeThrough the Keyhole is a panel game, hosted by Sir David Frost where panellists are given a video tour of a mystery famous guest's property and attempt to identify them. As of 1995 it is produced by David Frost's own production company, Paradine Productions at The Leeds Studios , and has been on...
on 15 March 2006,
The X Factor: Battle Of The StarsThe X Factor is a British television music talent show, contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It is broadcast on the ITV network in the United Kingdom and on TV3 in Ireland, with spin-off "behind-the-scenes" shows The Xtra Factor and The X Factor 24/7 screened on ITV2 and TV3...
along with
Jean-Christophe Novelli-Life:Born in Arras, Northern France, in 1961, in a family with Italian roots, Jean-Christophe Novelli worked in a bakery before becoming a personal chef to the Rothschild family....
,
Paul RankinPaul Rankin is a celebrity chef from Ballywalter, County Down, Northern Ireland.-Chef career:In 1989 Paul Rankin changed the face of culinary Northern Ireland when he opened Roscoff, the restaurant that was to become the first to win a Michelin Star in the country...
and
Ross BurdenRoss Burden is a celebrity chef from New Zealand.Ross Burden's early career was as a model but became a chef later in life. His inspiration for being a chef was his mother's extremely bad cooking skills, which meant that he spent a lot of time cooking with his grandmother.Ross was brought up in...
and often makes appearances on
Big Brother's Little Brother.
As of 24 February 2009, Zilli holds the world record for the most times a pancake is flipped in 1 minute. He flipped it 117 times in the minute.
Zilli has also been working with various companies and brands, firstly with
Thomson AirwaysThomson Airways is the world's largest charter airline, based in the UK, the company commenced operations on 1 November 2008 following the merger and subsequent re-branding of Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways...
by inspiring some creative ideas for airline meals, and then with
Kraft FoodsKraft Foods, Inc. is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in the United States and the second largest in the world ....
by preparing six recipes with Philadelphia soft cheese for the Heavenly Inspiration Website (www.heavenlyinspration.co.uk) and You Magazine.
He also appeared in the second treat on CBBC's Best of Friends, aired on 20 July 2009 in which he helped two girls make their own spaghetti.
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