Background
Darling-Gansser is part of a long line of cooks beginning with her great grandfather who in 1882 opened Ristorante Biaggi in Lugano. Her grandfather Ettore Biaggi trained in hotels in London, Paris, and Street Petersberg and had a weekly radio cooking show before taking over the family restaurant. Ristorante Biaggi"s guests included the Aga Khan, Sir Austen Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini, General Guissan, Dolfuss, Mannerheim and King Farouk of Egypt.
Professor Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, her father, is a renowned geologist whose book Geology of the Himalaya earned him the award of the Patron"s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society London.