Città della Pizza Festival - the festival of Pizzas

Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy

Rome is considered the city of Pizza. Here, every April, Italy's most famous pizza artisans gather to celebrate one of the country's most beloved dishes - pizza. During this festival, visitors can enjoy all kinds of pizzas from the fluffy Neapolitan to the Roman thin crust, fried and slice pizzas or variations of the classic pizza.

For three days, from Friday, April 12 to Sunday, April 14, in Rome the Città della Pizza festival will be held, an event dedicated to one of the most iconic products of tradition. national culinary system Y: pizza. This festival organized by Vinòforum and sponsored by Ferrarelle, Città della Pizza or City of Pizza will take place at Ragusa Off in Via Tuscolana 179.

Thirty-four of Italy's best pizzerias will participate. These bakers were handpicked by five renowned culinary minds: Emiliano De Venuti (creator of City of Pizza and CEO of Vinòforum), Luciano Pignataro, Luciana Squadrilli, Tania Mauri and Stefano Callegari. The pizza chefs will represent the many diverse pizza traditions found in Italy. Master pizza makers will participate in a special program of 12 pizzas appearing each day, each of which will give visitors the chance to sample 3 pizzas: Margherita or Marinara and a special one. version designed exclusively for City of Pizza. There will be a total of more than 100 different pizzas divided into categories like Nap Napanaana, All Allitalitaliana, By Roman or The By Slice. There will also be a program dedicated to the Italian fried pizza genre, curated by Pizza artisans and fried chefs.

Not only that, the festival also hosts an extremely rich program, with seminars and technical meetings dedicated to pizza developments, new trends and quality discussions. agricultural food. These seminars will feature some of the big names in the pizza world with a number of experts participating.

Classes on the art of pizza making will also be held, and after the success of Stand up Pizza in 2019, a stage dedicated to young pizza talents, is back. Kids Lab is back, too, with fun and educational workshops for kids created in partnership with Boing (Italian TV channel 40) and A scuola di Pizza, where adults can learn all the secrets of dough, cooking and seasoning along with the awesomeness of the art of pizza making.

The 3-day event will be a journey dedicated to discovering the many characteristics of pizza across Italy, from the North to the South. The focus will be on raw ingredients like flour, tomatoes, mozzarella, and extra virgin olive oil. Attendees will be able to choose from the most traditional pizzas to the most innovative and pair them with Italian craft beers like Baladin and organic wines from the Marche Ciù Ciù Company.

The Città della Pizza Festival is one of those festivals dedicated to those looking for a unique experience not to be missed.

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