<sod>In 2013 Kenedy publicly smashed five bottles of [[red wine]] from one of his suppliers, Italian fine wine merchant Fulvio Bressan, on the street in front of the restaurant, in protest at a [[Facebook]] post by Bressan which used the [[Racism|racist]] epithet ''sporca scimmia nera'' about Italy's recently appointed minister for integration [[Cécile Kyenge]]. Kenedy described Bressan as "not only a racist" but "also a spineless one" after Bressan deleted the post to minimise its impact. Bocca di Lupo no longer stocks wine from Bressan.<ref name="loco">{{Cite news|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/chef-goes-loco-over-his-racist-wine-merchant-8804923.html|title=Chef goes loco over his racist wine merchant|last=Shakespeare|first=Sebastian|date=9 September 2013|work=London Evening Standard|page=16|access-date=4 October 2016|via=}}</ref><eod>
<sod>In 2013 Kenedy publicly smashed five bottles of [[red wine]] from one of his suppliers, Italian fine wine merchant Fulvio Bressan, on the street in front of the restaurant, in protest at a [[Facebook]] post by Bressan which used the [[Racism|racist]] epithet ''sporca scimmia nera'' about Italy's recently appointed minister for integration [[Cécile Kyenge]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeswineclub/2013/09/05/would-you-buy-a-wine-made-by-a-racist/|title=Would You Buy A Wine Made By A Racist?|last=Arnold|first=Eric|date=5 September 2013|website=[[Forbes]]|publisher=|access-date=4 October 2016}}</ref> Kenedy described Bressan as "not only a racist" but "also a spineless one" after Bressan deleted the post to minimise its impact. Bocca di Lupo no longer stocks wine from Bressan.<ref name="loco">{{Cite news|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/chef-goes-loco-over-his-racist-wine-merchant-8804923.html|title=Chef goes loco over his racist wine merchant|last=Shakespeare|first=Sebastian|date=9 September 2013|work=London Evening Standard|page=16|access-date=4 October 2016|via=}}</ref><eod>