Alexandra Zazzi

Alexandra Maria Paula Louise Jademyr Zazzi ( born June 7, 1966 in Rapallo, Italy) is a Swedish chef, journalist and author of cookbooks.

Life

My grandfather worked during the Second World War in the Italian Embassy in Berlin. He helped Jews without Jewish star in the passport to leave Germany. When the authorities were aware of him, he fled to Stockholm. Her father, a geologist, grew up in Sweden and met her mother during a hospital stay, a Swedish nurse. When the father had received a scholarship in Italy, the family moved there and Zazzi grew up in the north Italian town of Rapallo. After the outbreak of the oil crisis in 1977, she moved back to Sweden.

Your big breakthrough reached Zazzi 1998 as the first female winner of the docu-soap Expedition Robinson. Subsequently, she appeared as a presenter of cookery programs Köket the Swedish television channel TV4 and the Swedish radio station Sveriges Radio P1 menu to the public. In addition, she worked as a reporter for the television station TV3 and other radio and television programs. Scripture Risch she has worked for several newspapers, for example, writes reports and chronicles of Göteborgs-Posten and cooking magazines.

She has published four cookbooks and operates two restaurants in Gothenburg.

Works

• Grytboken: fyrtiofem recept av kända och svenska okända matkonstnärer, 1999, ISBN 91-630-8804-5
• Zazzis pasta, 2003, ISBN 91-27-35506-3
• Sunt med Zazzi, 2005, ISBN 91-27-35633-7
• Zazzis mat: med smak av Italy, 2005, ISBN 91-27-35642-6
• Torsdagarna med Zazzi: filosofi, känsla och kärlek till mat, 2008, ISBN 978-91-85617-07-4

Prizes and awards

• Winner of the docu-soap Expedition Robinson 1998
• Winner of the national championship cooking (Swedish: Riksmästerskapet i matlagning ) 2006