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Sophia Massarella

Chef · Owner / operator — Regional Italian home cooking, with an Austrian strand from the other side of her family. Polenta, stuffed and layered dishes, offal, soups and dumplings in broth.

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Sophia Massarella is a Canadian photographer who started cooking her Italian family's food during lockdown and now runs Polentina in the staff canteen of a Bow garment factory, off two induction stoves and a bain-marie. Two working London chefs picked her independently, James Lowe of Lyle's and Flor and Eleni Thoma of Joyau, and Grace Dent reviewed her in the Guardian.

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