{"id":34437,"date":"2020-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/ettore-bugatti-a-perfectionist\/"},"modified":"2020-10-09T13:50:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T13:50:43","slug":"ettore-bugatti-a-perfectionist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/ettore-bugatti-a-perfectionist\/","title":{"rendered":"Ettore Bugatti – A Perfectionist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is well known that the car brand Bugatti sets high standards for its products and meets these standards through intensive development work. This applies not only to the current subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. Even the original company from Alsace quickly acquired a good reputation for excellent detailed solutions. This was based on a motto that company founder Ettore Bugatti strived for throughout his life: “A technical product is not perfect until it is aesthetically impeccable as well”. Less well known is that he was not only concerned about cars, but also about everyday objects. He found it particularly annoying when he purchased something for his household or workshop that did not meet his quality standards. Then he began to develop possibilities for improvement. Bugatti has now published a small selection of those ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henhouse<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In his factory, Ettore Bugatti always had an Italian cook who prepared delicious meals for him and his staff. As a great lover of pasta, the company boss appreciated freshly prepared pasta, for which he needed chicken eggs. When the prices for eggs increased significantly within a short period of time, he developed his own henhouse as a closed cart in order to be able to place it at various locations on the large premises. The construction of this own chicken farm, including the purchase of the animals, clearly exceeded the price of eggs, but at the same time Ettore Bugatti was independent of the farmers in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pasta machine with steering wheel<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Italian cook mentioned above complained one day to his employer about a defective pasta machine. At that time, such machines were mainly available in Italy, so delivery to Alsace would have taken some time. Ettore Bugatti did not want to wait that long for his favourite dish, so he constructed his own pasta machine. Besides user-friendliness, aesthetics were also important to him. According to his specifications and plans, the mechanics of the Bugatti manufactory finally produced the corresponding machine, which was equipped with the steering wheel of a Type 46 instead of a hand crank. If one turns this steering wheel, one winds the dough through the inside of the machine and produces the pasta. Exactly this pasta machine, the original by Ettore Bugatti, was auctioned by Bonhams in March for around 37,500 US$.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cutlery<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

How does someone who has high standards of aesthetics, precision and culinary excellence eat his pasta? Right, with specially designed cutlery. Ettore Bugatti was particularly disturbed by the fact that he lacked the right cutlery for an intermediate course of a normal menu. So he designed knives, spoons and forks in his own unique style, all of which bore his initials EB at the bottom and were ergonomically perfect in the hand. Since he placed particular value on good table manners, Ettore Bugatti is said to have once even refused to allow a royal customer to buy one of his cars because he could not eat with a knife and fork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orangery<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What belongs to a good meal as much as good wine and fine cutlery? The right spices. Since basil had not yet been planted in Alsace in the 1920s, Ettore Bugatti drew construction plans for his own greenhouse, including a sophisticated ventilation system. Instead of stones, he used steel girders and glass panes for his orangery, in which he eventually had also fruit and other plants grown. The building still stands on the factory premises today.<\/p>\n\n\n

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