Colleagues’ grief: “We can’t find words”
Updated 13.17 | Published 08.41
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The famous chef Pietro Fioriniello is dead.
He lived to be 60 years old.
– We are completely devastated. We loved him so much, it feels completely unreal, says his wife Marie Fioriniello to Aftonbladet.
The chef and the TV profile Pietro Fioriniello was hit by a tram and died on Saturday, which Göteborgs-Posten was the first to report.
At lunchtime on Saturday, the alarm came about a tram accident at Hinsholmen. It later became clear that a man in his 60s had died after being hit.
Known from “First Date”
Pietro Fioriniello ran the restaurant La Cucina Italiana in Gothenburg and has also appeared as a chef in the SVT series “Första dejten”.
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full screen Bartender Daniel Meyn writes on Instagram. Photo: Instagram
Colleagues’ grief
Now he is mourned by his colleagues at his restaurant.
“Once a boss, always a boss! It is with great sadness that we announce that the chef, father, husband, grandfather, Neapolitan and entrepreneur Pietro Fioriniello died tragically in an accident on February 3, 2024. He leaves behind an unimaginable grief to his large family. We can’t find any words. But as he used to say ‘la vita e bella, ciao!'” reads a post on the restaurant’s Instagram account.
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full screen Sven “Svennis” Eriksson gets an oyster course from Pietro Fioriniello in Gothenburg in 2002. Photo: Roger Lundsten/TT / TT Nyhetsbyrån
Alexandra Zazzi: “Lovely and cheerful”
Cato Hellerenwaiter in “Persta dejten” also describes the sadness:
“Pietro my friend, we have had many good memories and laughs on the recordings, rest in peace,” he writes on Instagram.
The TV profile and the chef Alexandra Zazzi knew Fioriniello for a long time.
– We worked together when I ran the Pasta Panini restaurant in Gothenburg. It’s hard to take in what happened. I was completely shocked when I read about it. He was such an incredibly energetic, lovely and jovial person. It is so tragic what happened and all my thoughts go out to his family, she tells GP.
“A spreader of joy”
For the “First date” colleague, the waiter Cato Hellerenthe death notice came as a shock.
– We last spoke last Saturday so when the news came out I thought “it can’t be him?”
Life is so fragile. He was very fond of his family and spoke very well and a lot about them. I really think about his family, he says.
He tells us that Pietro was a happy man with big dreams.
– I remember him as a lovely person. Very Italian. He used to run around and sing and spread a lot of joy in our team, says Cato.
Even the bartender Daniel Meyn describes the grief for his late colleague.
– He was a funny and warm character. All my thoughts are with his loved ones, his wife and children. I got the news yesterday and was completely shocked. It’s terrible and I’m extremely sorry, but above all I think of his family, he says.
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full screenCato Helleren in “The first date” mourns his former colleague. Photo: Cato Helleren/Instastory
