Kobe Bryant Travels in French Chef to Cook Vanessa Bryant a Birthday Meal

Kobe Bryant has his wife Vanessa's name tattooed on his arm. What more can a partner ask for? As a player who's made vast sums of dollars in his profession, Kobe includes a special pressure upon him every year when his wife's birthday rolls around. What exactly is really a guy to do? He started off her special day well, placing an image of Vanessaa'whom he referred to as his "shorty rock"a'and stated that "today could be the day my angel found earth." Good start. However he took gift giving to a fresh stage by flying in a premier chef from her favorite cafe in Italy to make her favorite foods. Kobe submitted a photo on Instagram of their special birthday withAexecutive chef from Milan FabrizioAdeATogni, writing, "Fabrizio p Togni may be the master chef for Paper MoonA@ladyvb24Afavorite restaurant in Milano. He is a pal and consented to fly set for Vanessa's bday meal and make her fav dishes." This Instagram post was a much nicer handle compared to the pic of his newly repaired Achilles tendon. For whatever reason, De Togni is planning about a dozen fillets of beef in the photo of their meal, but who am I to argue with the Black Mamba? Vanessa and Kobe also dined on eggplant parmigiana and penne arrabbiata. His Italian language skills were even flashed by bryant, appending the hashtags "millegrazie" and "ciboitaliano" which mean "a thousand thanks" and "Italian food." In accordance with his post on Facebook, De Togni is starting another Paper Moon in Qatar, so he often traveled 6,000 or 8,000 miles to prepare dinner for Kobe's wife, depending on which restaurant he left from. In Italy, food is a foundation of any loving family, and Kobe named in the big guns because of this birthday. You might recall that Kobe landed in a few heated water in 2003 over an affair, so he likely lives with the perpetual threat of being in the doghouse with Vanessa. The couple had begun divorce proceedings which may have netted her $75 million and three properties, nevertheless they reconciled in January of 2013 (per CBS La). Undeniably, by traveling in a world-class cook to get ready his wife's favorite food on her behalf birthday, Kobe scored some significant points.