Gabriele Rubini
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| Place of birth | Frascati, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gabriele Rubini (born 29 June 1983 in Frascati, Italy), known professionally as Chef Rubio, is a former semi-professional Italian rugby player and television presenter for DMAX.[citation needed]
Sporting career[edit]
Born in Frascati, he is the brother of professional rugby player Giulio Rubini. Gabriele played rugby from an early age, after making his debut in 2002 for Rugby Roma Olimpic against Parma; he became an athlete of national status, so that the Italian Rugby Federation delayed his transfer to the following season.[2] Between 2003 and 2005 he played for Rome, making a total of 12 appearances in Series A games.[3]
At the end of the season he moved to New Zealand, and was recruited by Poneke Rugby Club near Wellington. To earn his living, he began working in a restaurant, and thus developed an interest in culinary arts alongside his passion for rugby.[4]
Returning to Italy in 2007 he played for Rovigo in the Super 10 league, and from 2008, first in Series A, then in Excellence with Lazio until a ligament injury ended his sporting career in 2011.[citation needed]
Meanwhile, he had trained as a chef with an international course from which had graduated in 2010.[citation needed]
He's been a television presenter until 2019, when he abandoned DMAX for personal reasons.[5]
As March 2024 is under investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Rome, as suspected of incitement to racial hatred and defamation.[6]
TV Programs[edit]
- Unti e bisunti: DMAX[7]
- Unti e bisunti 2: DMAX
- Il ricco e il povero: NOVE and DMAX
- È uno sporco lavoro: DMAX
- Camionisti in trattoria: DMAX
- Camionisti in trattoria 2: DMAX
References[edit]
- ^ it:Gabriele Rubini
- ^ "Comunicato federale n. 6 Stagione Sportiva 2003-2004" (PDF) (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Rugby. 10 March 2004. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Elenco presenze in prima squadra" (in Italian). Rugby Roma Olimpic. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Gabriele Rubini aka Chef Rubio, un flanker tra cibo e fornelli". On Rugby. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ David Puente (10 November 2019). "Rubio cacciato da Discovery? Lo chef racconta tutto nelle sue stories Instagram". Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Di Corrado, Valeria (23 March 2024). "Propaganda antisemita, Rubio e il prof Orsini indagati per odio razziale: dai post al coltello "anti-sionista"" [«Anti-Semitic propaganda», Rubio and prof Orsini investigated for racial hatred: from the posts to the "anti-Zionist" knife] (in Italian). Il Messaggero. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ DMAX program Unti e bisunti (in Italian)
External links[edit]
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Frascati
- Italian television presenters
- Italian rugby union players
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital
- Rugby Roma Olimpic players
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby Rovigo Delta players
- S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927 players
- Italian chefs
- Italian expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
- Activists for Palestinian solidarity