Francisco Loffredi

Francisco Loffredi is a commercial fisherman, journalist and spearfishing champion that lends his marine knowledge and diving skills to the cinematographic industry. He usually works producing the aquatic sequences of feature films, TV series and publicity production, besides coordinating and performing underwater stunts. He occasionally plays a small roll in the productions he is associated with. In 2012 and 2013 Francisco hosted his own talk show, "Cob O2" shot entirely in his Ipanema penthouse. The show ran for two seasons and was aired globally to all Portuguese speaking countries by Brazilian cable network, Canal WooHoo. Besides Cob 02, Francisco has many appearances as himself in American and Brazilian broadcast and cable networks. These are entirely due to his career as a competitive spear fisherman. He is the Spearfishing Ambassador for Italian manufacturing giant Cressi Sub, the most traditional brand in the diving / spearfishing industry. Former athlete and captain of the Brazilian National Spearfishing Team. As of 2019 he is the captain of the USA Spearfishing Team. Francisco is also sponsored by Osklen, #1 environmentally conscious high fashion clothing brand created by Oskar Metsavaht. Alongside movie and spearfishing legend Arduíno Colassanti, Francisco's urban/aquatic lifestyle co-inspired "OCEANS", Osklen's groundbreaking and extremely successful summer collection. Thought not a chef, Francisco's seafood cooking skill has earned him the reputation as an authority in ocean culinary. He won the prestigious Master Lobster Chef Cook Off in 2019. He has seafood dishes named after him in multiple restaurants across the globe, like "Loffredi's Polenta di Testa" served at Manhattan's The Fat Radish or "Peixe do Loffredi" at Guimas, Rio de Janeiro's most traditional Bistros.