Italian Chef Fired in Pizza Feud Says He’s Now a National Hero

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Isabel Infantes / Isabel Infantes/Reuters An Italian chef who was fired for refusing to put pineapple on pizza says he is now being hailed as a hero in his home country. Davide Tamburella was let go from the now-closed La Costa restaurant in Brisbane, Australia, in May after being called into a meeting to discuss “performance concerns,” which included not adding the fruit to pizzas at a function because it was “offensive” to his culture. Speaking to The Courier-Mail, Tamburella said he doesn’t have a major issue with pineapple as a pizza topping, but that he was asked to put it on his own…

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