Giuseppe Cervi
{{Short description|Italian fryer}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|3|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Picinisco, Frosinone Italy
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1927|1|3|1860|3|11|df=y}}
| death_place = Dublin, Ireland
| resting_place = Glasnevin Cemetery
| children = 2
| known for = Introducing the Fish and Chip cuisine to Ireland
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Giuseppe Cervi was an Italian fryer, best known for bringing the fish and chip cuisine to Ireland and opening the first chipper in the country.
Early life
Cervi was born on March 11, 1860, in Picinisco to Lorenzo Cervi and Angela Magiotta.{{Cite web |title=GIUSEPPE CERVI|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/giuseppe-cervi-24-271mygm?geo_a=r&geo_s=us&geo_t=uk&geo_v=2.0.0&o_iid=41013&o_lid=41013&o_sch=Web+Property|access-date=2025-06-23 |website=ancestry.co.uk |language=en}} Cervi ended up in Ireland by mistake. He accidentally got off a boat that was headed to America at the final stop at Queenstown now called Cobh.{{Cite web |title=Ever wonder where our 'one and one' came from?|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/ever-wonder-where-our-one-and-one-came-from/29306404.html|access-date=2025-06-23 |website=independent.ie |language=en}}
Career
When Cervi reached Dublin he began work as a labourer until he could afford to buy a coal-fired cooker which he used to sell chips outside of various pubs.{{Cite web |title=How fish and chips enriched a nation|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/how-fish-and-chips-enriched-a-nation-1.765095|access-date=2025-06-23 |website=irishtimes.com}} Cervi opened the first chipper in Ireland at 22 Great Brunswick Street now the location of the Dublin Fire Brigade headquarters. The chipper was named simply Giuseppe Cervi{{Cite web |title=A postcard, Giuseppe Cervi and the story of the Dublin chipper.|url=https://comeheretome.com/2017/03/14/a-postcard-giuseppe-cervi-and-the-story-of-the-dublin-chipper/|access-date=2025-06-23|website=comeheretome.com}}
Cervi passed away on January 3, 1927, at the age of 67. He was interred into Glasnevin Cemetery.{{Cite web |last= |date=2001-11-05 |title=Cheese and onion crisp entrepreneur dies aged 78 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C5YsnSzsqNg/?img_index=2|access-date=2025-06-22 |website=Instagram}}