Barilla chef Andrea Tranchero reveals trick for serving spaghetti just like it looks in a restaurant

Italian chef Andrea Tranchero has dished out his very simple trick for plating up pasta like a professional – and it’s a lot easier than you think.

Speaking at Barilla’s Masters of Pasta pop-up restaurant at the Australian Open in Melbourne, the executive chef demonstrated his easy method to serve the perfect twirls of spaghetti every time.

Mr Tranchero – who has worked in Michelin-starred restaurants around the world – said all you need are two kitchen utensils – a ladle and a meat-carving fork.

He starts by twirling one serving of spaghetti with the fork inside the ladle.

‘You just take a fork, just the right amount [of spaghetti]. Don’t put too much because it will fall down,’ he explained. 

He continued twirling the pasta inside the ladle, saying ‘you turn, turn, turn’ until you create a little tower of noodles.

Italian chef Andrea Tranchero (pictured) has dished out his very simple trick for plating up pasta like a professional – and it’s a lot easier than you think

Speaking at Barilla’s Masters of Pasta pop-up restaurant at the Australian Open, the executive chef demonstrated his easy method to serve the perfect twirls of spaghetti every time

Mr Tranchero and his Barilla team have been serving up to 1,700 plates of pasta at the 2020 Australian Open

You need to keep the fork with the twirled nest inside the ladle until its ready for plating.

Mr Tranchero then slides the spaghetti out of the ladle gently and onto the serving plate along with the fork.

Finally, he rotates the fork gently in the direction of the twirl, before removing it slowly so the pasta remains in a perfectly coiled tower.

‘That’s the tricky part,’ he said.

The method also stops the sauce from splattering everywhere when plating.