After leaving the navy, he briefly worked as a journalist with La Stampa in Turin and then as a technician and sales representative for typewriter manufacturer Olivetti.

He became the manager of Terence Conran's (his brother-in-law)[3] Neal Street Restaurant in London's Covent Garden in 1981, and its owner in 1989.

Under Carluccio, British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver began his professional career at the Neal Street Restaurant, which closed in 2006.

He appeared on BBC television in the Food and Drink Programme, and in his own series Antonio Carluccio's Italian Feasts in 1996.

A joint authentic Italian restaurant with integrated food shop, the premises opened to serve light, Italian-based breakfasts to diners.

Soon after this was revealed, UK law was changed to ensure that companies must meet the minimum required remuneration themselves and that tips should not be counted towards an employee's paid salary.

[citation needed] In 2010, the company received a takeover offer from the Landmark Group, a Dubai-based enterprise, valuing Carluccio's at £90m.

Carluccio chose the Finale from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns as his favourite record, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy as his choice of book, and white truffles as his luxury item.

[11] Carluccio later described his suicide attempt as "liberating", feeling that "from that moment on, my mind changed" and stating that his subsequent admittance to the Priory clinic made him "take stock of my life, and appreciate all the good in it".