An Italian restaurant boss fears he'll go out of business soon due to the country's current vegetable shortage and soaring pasta prices, which have seen his costs rise by up to 80%.
Carmine Montuori, 52, moved to Bristol from Italy nine years ago - and runs Taste of Napoli, in the heart of Bristol's shopping quarter. He says the family-run business is at risk of going under in as little as three months because of vegetable shortages, blamed on weather in Europe and Africa.
Carmine says the shortages mean prices of their vegetables, pasta and rice have skyrocketed. Rice price for arancini has doubled and pasta costs are up by 80%, he says.
