Rome master chef creates a stir with lasagna toothpaste 21 Jan, 2021 "You can brush your teeth with lasagna" at Rome's 1978 restaurant. The latest creation of an award-winning chef in Rome has raised some eyebrows in the culinary world: lasagna toothpaste. Valerio Braschi, who won the 2017 edition of MasterChef Italia aged just 18, is the youngest winner of the title in the history of the culinary talent show. Four years later he is head chef at the 1978 restaurant in the Trieste quarter of Rome and is once again making headlines.