Adriano Zumbo Bio | Wiki
Adriano Zumbo is an Australian television presenter and pâtissier. He opened his first patisserie in 2007 before rising to prominence as a frequent guest on MasterChef Australia. Adriano is the titular host of the Australian baking competition program Zumbo’s Just Desserts and a judge on the Netflix web series Sugar Rush.
As a popular figure, he has received many nicknames in the media, including “Sweet Assassin”, “Patissier of Pain,” “the Dark Lord of the Pastry Kitchen” and “Lord Voldecake.” Adriano has also been called “Australia’s answer to Willy Wonka.” He commenced his career by supplying homemade tarts, muffins, brownies, and banana bread to local cafés in Sydney.
Adriano Zumbo Age
Adriano was born on November 6, 1981, in Coonamble, Australia. He is 40 years old.
Adriano Zumbo Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx. 1.72 m).
Adriano Zumbo Family
He was born to Italian parents Frank and Nancy Zumbo from Calabria. Adriano grew up in Coonamble, New South Wales, 164 kilometers northwest of Dubbo. His parents owned the local IGA supermarket, where he developed a sweet tooth and a keen business sense. He has a sister named Rosalba.
Adriano Zumbo Wife
Adriano is married to his beautiful wife Nelly Riggio. She is My Kitchen Rules contestant. The couple started dating in 2017. Adriano married Nelly on May 6, just 12 months after he proposed.
Adriano Zumbo Education
His early years were spent in Italy where he learned to appreciate various types of coffee, reflected in the coffee-inspired culinary items found at the various patisseries he owned around Sydney.
After finishing school, Adriano traveled to Sydney to start his pastry chef apprenticeship in 1997. He worked under renowned culinary icons in Australia and France including Ramon Morato and Pierre Hermé.
Adriano Zumbo Desserts
He is the titular host of the Australian baking competition program Zumbo’s Just Desserts and a judge on the Netflix web series Sugar Rush. In August 2016, Adriano co-hosted the Seven Network cooking series Zumbo’s Just Desserts with Rachel Khoo and Gigi Falanga.
Adriano Zumbo Macarons
He has appeared in every season of Masterchef, starting with setting a croquembouche challenge in season 1. Adriano’s fifth appearance in 2010 challenged contestants to recreate his raspberry-beetroot and black olive macaron “tower of terror”. Within three days of the episode airing, he had sold 5000 macarons at his Balmain shop, quadruple the normal rate.
Adriano Zumbo Show
Zumbo is an Australian observational documentary television series following patissier Adriano at his Balmain, Sydney kitchen business. The series premiered on 10 February 2011 and ran for 6 episodes. It screened on SBS One Thursdays at 7:30 pm. The first episode featured the lead-up to ‘Macaron Day’, as the kitchen pumps out close to 30,000 multicolored macarons.
Adriano Zumbo Cakes
Adriano’s vanilla V8 cake was featured as a challenging dish in the 2010 season of Masterchef and has layers of vanilla glaze, crème chantilly, water gel, macaron, Brulee, chiffon, syrup, ganache, almond crunch, and almond dacquoise. The cake had originally been created in honor of Margaret Fulton’s 85th birthday and was so named for its eight textures of vanilla. In June 2016, the same layered cake was listed as number 8 in Good Food’s 2016 top 10 cult desserts in Sydney.
Adriano Zumbo Books | Cookbooks
In 2011, he released his first book, Adriano Zumbo’s fantastical kitchen of other-worldly delights. Zumbarons: a fantasy land of macarons was published in 2012. Adriano’s third book The Zumbo files: unlocking the secrets of a master patissier became published in 2015.
Adriano Zumbo Patisserie | Restaurants
Adriano switched to selling goods to grower’s market before opening his first patisserie in Balmain in 2007. As of 2017, he had ten patisseries in Sydney and Melbourne. In August 2018, Adriano’s company was placed in voluntary administration, with plans for existing stores to continue to stay open.
Adriano Zumbo Croquembouche
He has appeared in every season of Masterchef, starting with setting a croquembouche challenge in season 1. Croquembouche is a French dessert consisting of choux pastry puffs piled into a cone and bound with threads of caramel. In Italy and France, it is often served at weddings, baptisms, and first communions.
Zumbo Adriano Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Adriano’s estimated net worth is $2 million.
Is Adriano Zumbo Married
Yes. Adriano is married to his beautiful wife Nelly Riggio. She is My Kitchen Rules contestant. The couple started dating in 2017. Adriano married Nelly on May 6, just 12 months after he proposed.