In his (freshly renovated) kitchen, Oliver Ingrosso takes a modern approach. “I see a picture on Instagram and I’m like, ‘That looks good’,” he says. “I try not to read what’s in it, I just imagine what they did and try to make it.” The restauranteur, cookbook author and bona fide food guy takes a laid-back, rustic approach to his cooking, creating ingredient-first dishes for his family and friends. We’re speaking of both that family (including mother Pernilla Wahlgren and siblings Benjamin and Bianca) and his own growing nuclear family (he recently welcomed his second child with fiancée Zoe-Fay Brown).
Ingrosso is synonymous with Italian food. His grandparents on his father’s side are from Taranto, Italy and in his growing restaurant portfolio are the Italian restaurants OLLI and the newly opened Umarell, in Gothenburg. Then there’s the buzzy home food brand, Mino, which he launched with siblings Benjamin and Bianca last autumn.
When we meet Ingrosso in his home kitchen in Lidingö, he defies expectations by cooking not pasta, but a hearty lentil dish (it’s vegan!). A take on a plate served at OLLI, it’s comforting, delicious and, best of all, accessible to even the most amateur chef.
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