Ignazio Culicchia, the king of Carbonara in Colombia

The Italian chef Ignazio Culicchia, for five years in South America and in particular in Colombia, has earned the title of king of Carbonara. Let's get to know him better.

Ignazio Culicchia, Italian ambassador of Carbonara

This chef has Italian origins and has become a true ambassador of pasta and in particular of Carbonara abroad.

Having left Italy with a wealth of culinary experiences that have their roots in the truest tradition of our cuisine, he arrived in the city of Cartagena by chance and then founded his restaurant here La Casa della Pasta. A very Italian chef, Ignazio is a specialist in Italian pasta who prepares using high quality Italian ingredients, managing to gain the trust and satisfy the palates of Colombians. many Italians who are in Colombia and Cartagena go to his restaurants including Don Ignazio Restaurante Cartagena, and others located in Barranquilla and Bogota.

Participation and victory in the TV program Little Big Italy

Not only mastery in cooking the iconic product loved and celebrated all over the world, Ignazio is successful in Colombia above all for his participation in the television show Little Big Italy in which he won the champion title.

The Italian chef has won the title of ambassador of Italian cuisine abroad by offering recipes from the Mediterranean cuisine and Italian tradition including the carbonara, the amatriciana, pasta with Bolognese sauce, etc. with original flavors "made in Italy".

Ignazio Culicchia's carbonara

The carbonara that Ignazio Culicchia prepares and proposes, among the many chefs who propose it successfully, has a delicate flavor and does not use cream which alters the flavor and does not belong to the traditional preparation of this one of the most loved pasta dish in the world. Furthermore, the chef does not use bacon but bacon.

He was taught traditional recipes by his grandmother and aunt who kept him with them in the kitchen since he was a child. A bond that endures and that allows the Italian chef to be spokesperson of our beautiful country in Colombia.