Competition categories
Baking
* Classic Pizza is the category that offers greater freedom to the pizza-maker as for dough and toppings. Round pizza served on a dish encloses all recipes starting from the most traditional to gourmand. * Gluten Free Pizza is described as a lack that cannot be guessed. Research has gone so far that the difference of taste with regular pizzas cannot be detected. * Pan Pizza is the category with long leavening pizza, mostly used in bakery shops, which is recently witnessing popularity. * Neapolitan STG Pizza is the queen of tradition. Only Margherita or Marinara, prepared according to a strict discipline determined by the Forest and Agriculture Ministry. It is “pizza” in the collective imagination. * Roman Pizza (pizza to the square) is the category reserved for the famous crunchy pizza with the typical long-shaped, to be shoveled only on a wooden pizza peel. * Pizza a Due is a unique competition including a chef and pizza-maker team working in-tandem to make a unique pizza.Games
* The Largest Pizza tests the skill of pizza-makers to enlarge 500 grams of dough in order to show the world how big a pizza can get. * Freestyle Pizza is a spectacular acrobatic show using dough pizza disks to music rhythm. * The Fastest Speed tests the skill of enlarging 5 disks of dough as fast as possible.Special Categories
* World Pizza Team is made up by 6 team members, each for every baking category. Winning together will be even more satisfying! * Heinz Beck Trophy Pizzeria is a unique competition designed by the famous Michelin starred chef Heinz Beck, it judges the preparation of a main course by the chef of a pizzeria on quality and craftsmanship. * Triathlon includes three single baking categories: “Classic Pizza”, “Pan Pizza”, “STG Neapolitan Pizza” and “Gluten free pizza”. The winner with the best overall score will be granted the Triathlon podium.Winners from 2023
Classic Pizza - Criminisi Giuseppe Neapolitan STG Pizza - Mansi Vincenzo Pan Pizza - Valentino Clemente Roman Pizza - Di Tella Antonio Gluten free Pizza - Vassallo Domenico Freestyle - Tolu Botella Francis The Largest - Pasini Daniele The Fastest - Bandinelli Andrea Triathlon - Di Tella Antonio Heinz Beck Trophy - Caliolo Alessandro World Pizza Team - Di Stasio Raffaele - Tolu Cristian - Pizza a dueNews and noteworthy
In 2016, French chef Ludovic Bicchierai, won the Pizza Classica competition with his pizza topping inspired by the traditional bouillabaisse fish soup which involves sea bream carpaccio, mozzarella, prawns, Tabasco sauce and courgetti flowers. In 2019, chef Filippo Rosato, from the UK pizzeria, Purezza, won the Pizza Classica category with a vegan pie. His creation was made using IPA-infused wholegrain dough topped with stir-fried cavolo nero, Italian-style marinated tempeh, pioppini mushrooms, a borlotti bean sauce, a vegan mozzarella, and a fermented cashew cheese with sundried cruschi peppers. The creation was finished with a garnish of ginger purée, agave syrup, and vegan caviar. Notable repeat winners includeSee also
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