'An insult to his culture': Italian chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizza, loses case in Australia
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An Italian chef in Australia lost a legal case after being fired from his job. Davide Tamburella was dismissed for refusing to put pineapple on pizzas. The Fair Work Commission noted he refused this request about three times over a period of four years. The chef viewed the ingredient as an insult to his culture.
According to Australia's Fair Work Commission, one of the complaints that led to his dismissal was that the Italian chef Davide Tamburella had refused to top pizzas with the offending fruit around three times across four years.