Francesco Bellissimo

Francesco Bellissimo
Francesco Bellissimo at Italian Embassy of Japan, Tokyo, 2015
Born	January 3, 1979 Rome
Occupation	Celebrity chef, Sommelier dell'Olio, tarento, actor
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Website	http://www.bellissimoyoshi.net

Francesco Bellissimo (ベリッシモ・フランチェスコ Berisshimo Furanchesuko) (born January 3, 1979 in Rome) is an Italian celebrity chef, businessman, sommelier dell'Olio, actor^[1] and foreign tarento.^[2] He is living and working in Japan, and nicknamed Italia no Taneuma (イタリアの種馬 Itaria no Taneuma, lit. "Italian Stallion"). He is the president of the Italian Cooking Association in Japan,^[3] known as "Italian Ryouri Kenkyukai" in Japanese.

Bellissimo writes for various Japanese cooking magazines and books.^[4][5]

Early life

Born on January 3, 1979 in Rome, Bellissimo took an early interest in cooking through his parents. During his time at Sapienza University of Rome, where he majored in Philosophy, he entered the army and graduated from school there. In 2001, he came to Japan and graduated from a Japanese language class at the YMCA. He has won first place at a Japanese debate contest.

Career

Aside from his work as a chef and a foreign tarento, Bellissimo has experience as a food critic, an Italian cuisine consultant, a motivational speaker, a model for fashion magazines, a columnist, an essayist, and a sports commentator. He is also known to be quite knowledgeable on Italian fashion, and is often referred to as "one of the trendiest chefs in the industry."

Filmography

Appearances in Television Variety Programs

• Handsome Kitchen (Fuji Television)^[6]
• Waratte Iitomo! (Fuji Television)^[7]
• Wagamama!Kimama!Tabikibun (BS-Fuji)^[8]
• GakkoChakkoTV (Akita Television)
• Konnichiwa Itto6ken (NHK)
• Kitchen ga hashiru! (NHK)
• One Seg Lunch Box Raku Gohan (NHK)
• Junbanmachi no Ryorikyoshitsu (LaLa TV)^[9]
• Osama no brunch (Tokyo Broadcasting System)
• Uchigohan (TV Asahi)^[10]
• Eko no Saho (TV Asahi)^[11]
• Shikamo!! (Nippon Television)^[12]
• Sekai banzuke (Nippon Television)^[13]
• Sekai fushigi hakken! (Tokyo Broadcasting System)
• Sekai no minna ni kiitemita (Tokyo Broadcasting System)
• Bara iro Dandi (Tokyo Metropolitan Television)^[14]
• Goji ni Muchu(Tokyo Metropolitan Television)^[15]

Among others

Appearances in Television Dramas

• Kyō wa Kaisha Yasumimasu. (2014).... Italian Chef

Appearances in Commercials

• Suits for AEON's Top Value line (March–May 2014)
• Italian suits for AEON's Top Value line (September–November 2014)

Bibliography

• Bellissimo, Francesco (2010). Ouchi de Itaria Gohan Berisshimo to oryōri dēto. Tokyo: Bunkasha. ISBN 978-4821142941.
• Bellissimo, Francesco (2010). Sono Manma Obun Ryori. Tokyo: Shufunotomosha. ISBN 978-4072691335.
• Bellissimo, Francesco (2012). Italian no Kihon to Oisha no Kotsu. Tokyo: Nittōshoinhonsha. ISBN 978-4528015050.
• Bellissimo, Francesco (2013). Yidali shuai ge zhu chu dao ni jia : gan lan you jian kang liao li, 5 fen zhong YAMI shang cai. Taipei: Taibei Shi : Tai shi wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si. ISBN 978-9863430032.
• Bellissimo, Francesco (2014). Bijinesu pason no sasou gijutsu : Tecniche di comunicazione e relazione interpersonale per uomini d'affari. Tokyo: Diamond-sha. ISBN 978-4478026311.
• Bellissimo, Francesco (2014). Berisshimo na Omotemeshi Itariashiki koi no shokujiho : Tecniche di cucina italiana per avere successo in amore. Tokyo: Shufutoseikatsusha. ISBN 978-4391146066.
• Bellissimo, Francesco (2015). Jing dian yi da li mei shi 100 dao. Taipei: Taibei shi. OCLC 909245594.

Magazine Appearances

• Shuukan Shinchou (Shinchosha)
• "Nutrition and Cooking" (Kagawa Nutrition University)
• AMARENA (Fusosha Publishing)
• ESSE (Fusosha Publishing)
• SPA! (Fusosha Publishing)
• "ASCII Weekly" (ASCII Media Works)
• CanCam (Shogakukan)
• PRECIOUS (Shogakukan)
• Jyosei Seven (Shogakukan)
• BIteki (Shogakukan)
• S Cawaii! (SHUFUNOTOMO)
• Akachan Ga Hoshii (SHUFUNOTOMO)

Among others

References

1. "Francesco Bellissimo". IMDb.
2. "ベリッシモ・フランチェスコ". Yahoo!検索（人物）.
3. "イタリア料理研究会". cucinaitalia.org.
4. "Amazon.co.jp: ベリッシモ フランチェスコ: 本". amazon.co.jp.
5. "Results for 'au:"Bellissimo, Francesco."' [WorldCat.org]". worldcat.org.
6. "ハンサムキッチン - フジテレビ". fujitv.co.jp.
7. "kyounews.htm". sakura.ne.jp.
8. "わがまま!気まま!旅気分 - BSフジ". bsfuji.tv.
9. "順番待ちの料理教室 Popular Cooking Classes｜ライフスタイル｜LaLa TV [ララ・ティービー]". lala.tv.
10. "ウチゴハン｜テレビ朝日". tv-asahi.co.jp.
11. "BS朝日 - SHISEIDO presents エコの作法". bs-asahi.co.jp.
12. "しか～も！！｜カスタマイズ紹介！". ntv.co.jp.
13. "なんでもワールドランキング ネプ&イモトの世界番付 - 日本テレビ". ntv.co.jp.
14. "バラいろダンディ - TOKYO MXTV". s.mxtv.jp/.
15. "5時に夢中! - TOKYO MXTV". s.mxtv.jp/.

External links

• Official site (Japanese)
• Francesco Bellissimo at the Internet Movie Database
• Francesco Bellissimo on Twitter
• Francesco Bellissimo on Instagram
• Cucina Bellissimo Cooking Team (Japanese)
• Allestero.net Francesco Bellissimo Interview (Italian)
• Vantan Future Creation FJapon Francesco Bellissimo Interview (Japanese)
• Francesco Bellissimo on Japan Talent Database (Japanese)
• Francesco Bellissimo Profile on Shimashow (English)
• The secret to success for Italians in Japan, Interview with Francesco Bellissimo (English)