A passionate pizza chef has broken his silence after losing his job for refusing to put pineapple on a customer’s pizza. width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" name="viewport"/>Pizza chef breaks silence after being fired for refusing to add pineapple. Italian chef Davide Tamburella was dismissed from La Costa Restaurant and Bar in Brisbane for refusing to add pineapple to pizzas. This refusal was part of a broader disciplinary context.