a day in the life of a RESTAURANT OWNER in ITALY

In this video you’ll live a typical day in the life of my mom: a restaurant owner in the city of Padova, Italy. My mom’s biggest passion is cooking and owning these restaurants is her dream come true. She LOVES her job.
The first restaurant is a cafeteria and we bought it more than 10 years ago. It’s only open at lunch, Monday to Friday. But because it is so spacious, we use it to host private events on the weekends.These events are always organized by Moldovan / Romanian people as my mom is from Moldova (country in Eastern Europe) and she has a lot of connections in the Moldovan / Romanian community of our city.
The second restaurant we bought recently, about 2 years ago, and it is a typical restaurant where you order from a menu. The price range for a dish goes from 10 to 25 euros.
To clarify, in my previous videos I would refer to these businesses as “my parent’s restaurants” because we consider it a family business and my dad is involved in it too, but "on paper" my mom is the actual owner.
Also, this video was filmed in May. I wasn’t gonna post it because my mom reads all of my comments and there’s always some rude people online. However she seemed more disappointment by the fact that I didn’t post it, so here it is!
Please be kind and I will delete any offensive comments.

[about me]
Hi my name is Rosie, I'm 26 and my life is a bit confusing so i'm writing this lol.
To make it easy:
- I was born in Northern Italy, in the region of Veneto
- My whole family still lives there (mom, dad and my little sister Marty)
- I moved to Toronto, Canada, at 19 all alone to ✨find myself✨ (spoiler: it didn't work, i got more lost if anything).
So, I live half my life in Italy and half my life in Canada.
Also, my mom is from Moldova (country in Eastern Europe) and my dad is from Calabria (region in Southern Italy) and both my grandmas still live there. So you’ll occasionally see me going there as well.
I hope this clears things up a bit.. or maybe makes them more confusing lol.
I don’t know, i tried 😄

[music]
"Cosimo Fogg - Jazzaddicts" is under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY) 3.0.

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[business inquiries]

[channel art]
channel banner & outro cardo: @vickyillustrations_ (instagram)

[filmed with]
iPhone 11 Pro Max
Canon G7X Mark II

[chapters]
0:00 intro
0:25 day one
12:27 day two

[soondaybreakwillcome]

My goodness your mom works so hard. She is incredible honestly.

[hopelesspoet]

The fact that she works extra hard to let her employees go home early says a lot about her. Your mom is one of a kind, so hardworking doing chores non-stop throughout the day and cooking. She really deserves everything and much more. I'm very happy she got her dream job. And everything seemed delicious! Not everyone shows this side of working in catering/restaurants in youtube, excellent video!

[kajitani]

The multi-tasking skills is on ANOTHER level. She is so hardworking

[myioui]

this lady is the definition of a BOSS. like what the hell. this makes me feel all the excuses myself and others make are nothing. she runs two businesses and catering. shops for the ingredients herself and still serves the food. cooks meals for the family in the restaurant and spends time with her loved ones. and keeps her restaurants clean. truly a boss.

[altruistin]

Your mum does SO much. What an incredible woman.

[davidwheeler]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I AM EXHAUSTED JUST WATCHING HER... SHE DOES IN ONE DAY WHAT I WOULD DO IN A WEEK... AMAZING!!!!

[ekko]

I've worked in, and designed restaurants for a living. Even with the high tempo at which your mom works, she doesn't cut corners and her food looks great. She is a real working chef. It would be great to see another day of hers—she is exciting to watch.

[intreoo]

The scene where your family all went to the fruit bar and sat together with some watermelon melted my heart. Your parents work so hard and yet, even though they must be absolutely exhausted, they still dedicate time to being together as a family, enjoying some fruit. That's true love right there.

[jessicahernandez]

Your mother might be the hardest working person I’ve ever seen! All her food looks so delicious and fresh. The desserts! The gelato! Heavenly. And she does the dishes too, what a humble beautiful person. This was so interesting to watch.

[angelfreak]

She does all that and then you hit us with the "she went to gelato school". She's a master at her craft and yet she still continues to pursue new skills and improve herself. Simply amazing. That is how you know someone is passionate.

[Ch_Noor]

I am literal AWE right now. How can one person do so much...she is such an inspiration. I could be wrong but it looks like she is very fulfilled doing the work that she does, otherwise it's so hard to maintain this amount of grit for long enough. Thank you Rosie for giving us a tiny glimpse of what it means to be in the food service industry!

[karliepowell]

I’m crying simply because I’ve never seen a restaurant in America where I live with such amazing and fresh food. Like she actually is making it all hand made and it just looks so good.

[vanessa]

Your mum is a machine non-stop. That's impressive. I hope she gets to relax sometimes she deserves it

[mareltheo]

Your mama is an absolute legend! Such a good idea filming her day and presenting her like the boss she is :)

[san]

I can't even do 10% of what your mom does a single day...Hardworking, Strong lady... Mind blowing... Hope she get enough rest everyday.. Stay healthy Mom.

[Alypnwcutie]

The scale of your moms industrial restaurant kitchen and business is INSANE ! The fact she was doing it alone and keeping that size of customer turnover rate 200 happily fed. I’m in absolute awe of your family and also my dream. Many blessings to your family

[beeviral]

I've been a chef for thirty years. I know the business very well, and your mom is an amazing chef! This is just two days in the life. A lot of people don't understand all of the years of dedication and hard work It takes to become this good. Thank you for the video. 👌👍

[lipsticklover]

I have the utmost respect for your mother! The restaurant business is really tough, especially as a self-employed person. She is a hard working, diligent, strong woman. Hopefully she doesn't overwork and stays mentally and physically stable. Kisses to your mother🥰

[frances-joyful-life]

hello, rosie! your mum is definitely a superwoman. she seemed to be good at everything, from coffee to baking to desserts to main dishes, which is incredible.she is so energetic and passionate about her business and works so hard. owning and running 2 restaurants must be very stressful and messy but she seemed so calm. and after a long day, she still had the mood to make desserts for herself and family. if i were her, i would be too tired to do anything. i admire her very much.

[katarinalauroskova]

Your mum needs her own official cookbook! I would love to try so many of the recipes!