Biography
Adriano Zumbo is an Australian pastry chef and television host. He started his first patisserie in 2007 before becoming a regular on MasterChef Australia.
Adriano Zumbo Age and Ethnicity
He is 49 years old as of 3 November 2022. He was born in 1973 in Melbourne, Australia.
Adriano Zumbos girlfriend and Children
Zumbo began dating My Kitchen Rules competitor Nelly Riggio in 2017. The pair married on May 6, barely 12 months after he proposed.
Adriano Zumbo Parents and Family
Zumbo was born to Calabrian parents Frank and Nancy Zumbo and raised in Coonamble, New South Wales, 164 kilometers (102 miles) northwest of Dubbo. Zumbo grew up at the neighborhood IGA supermarket, where he developed a sweet taste and a sharp business acumen. His early years were spent in Italy, where he learned to love different varieties of coffee, which is reflected in the coffee-inspired culinary delicacies available at the several patisseries he operated throughout Sydney.
Adriano Zumbo Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches(1.75 m).
Zumb Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
Desserts
Zumbo co-hosted the Seven Network cooking show Zumbo’s Just Desserts with Rachel Khoo and Gigi Falanga in August 2016.
Macaron
In his fifth visit, in 2010, he challenged entrants to recreate his “tower of terror” macaron with raspberry-beetroot and black olive. Within three days of the episode airing, he had sold 5000 macarons at his Balmain shop, which was four times the regular rate. Zumbo’s vanilla V8 cake, which features layers of vanilla glaze, crème chantilly, water gel, macaron, brulee, chiffon, syrup, ganache, almond crunch, and almond dacquoise, was included as a challenging dish in the 2010 season of Masterchef. The cake was constructed in honor of Margaret Fulton’s 85th birthday and was named after the eight vanilla textures.
Documentary
Zumbo is an Australian observational documentary television series that follows patissier Adriano at his kitchen in Balmain, Sydney. The show debuted on February 10, 2011, and lasted six episodes. It aired on SBS One on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
Career
Zumbo began his profession by delivering homemade tarts, muffins, brownies, and banana bread to Sydney cafes. Later, he began selling at growers’ markets before starting his first patisserie in Balmain in 2007. Zumbo had twelve patisseries in Sydney and Melbourne as of 2017.
Zumbo’s company was placed in voluntary administration in August 2018, with plans to keep existing outlets running. Zumbo appears as a judge alongside Candace Nelson in the 2018 Netflix series Sugar Rush, hosted by Hunter March.
Books
Zumbo’s Fantastical Kitchen of Other-Worldly Delights, his first book, was published in 2011.
♦ 2011 – Zumbo: Zumbo’s fantastical kitchen of other-worldly delights. Murdoch Books (Sydney)
♦ 2012 – Zumbarons: a fantasy land of macarons. Murdoch Books (Crows Nest)
♦ 2015 – The Zumbo files: unlocking the secrets of a master patissier
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