Was an Italian chef really fired over pineapple on pizza row?

• Italian chef Davide Tamburella was fired from a Brisbane restaurant in May after the establishment's management expressed concerns about a string of complaints about the chef's behaviour.
• Among them were Tamburella's refusal to provide ham and pineapple pizza for guests at a function.
• It was the third time Tamburella had refused to use the fruit on pizzas in the past four years.