PIZZA WITH THE STARS
Closing in joy for Olympics True Neapolitan Pizza, the international convention organized by 'True Neapolitan Pizza Association.
An evening of fun – which took place Thursday 5 July at the City Science of Naples – after three days "technical" dedicated to business workshop, in-depth seminars on products and ingredients and meetings between the experts.
L'event Pizza with the Stars saw six competitors Vip compete with strokes of Margherita. Each star has been joined by a master pizza maker in the role of special "Pizza Trainer".
Leading the evening with the customary brio, the actor Gino Rivieccio. Competition judge Massimo Di Porzio, deputy chairman of the Association Verace Pizza Napoletana, while the jury was composed by starred chef Alfonso Iaccarino the restaurant Don Alfonso 1890 Sant'Agata sui Due Golfi, by the president of True Neapolitan Pizza Antonio Pace e dal presidente di Federconsumatori Campania Rosario Stornaiuolo.
This is the list of bidders:
The Team 5 Seasons - The Olympic rowing Davide Tizzano with the master Cyrus Except (True Neapolitan Pizza Association)
Team Molino Caputo - Actress July Majarčuk with the master Gaetano Esposito (The Art of Pizza Napoli)
Team Valoriani - The Artist Lello Esposito with the master Gino Sorbillo (Pizzeria Gino Sorbillo Naples)
Team Molini Tandoi - Entrepreneur Maurizio Marinella with the master Guglielmo Vuolo (Pizzeria Vuolo, Casalnuovo di Napoli)
Team GI.METAL - Advocate Umberto Masucci with the master Enzo Coccia (Pizzaria The News of Naples)
Team AVPN - Actor Massimiliano Gallo with the master Lello Surace (Pizzeria Mattozzi Naples)
Some participants wanted to give their personal touch to pizzas made: the bubbly Majarčuk has accompanied his Margherita with a flare, the creative Lello Esposito has created a superstitious pizza shaped red horn, the lawyer Masucci has used as a condiment of yellow cherry tomatoes. The others have proposed a classic Margherita.
The competition was enlivened by moments of entertainment with the writer Nino D'Antonio, who told anecdotes and stories related to pizza, with musician Peppe Di Franco, who performed some songs along with percussionist Gino Pisani, along with Don Aniello Manganiello, priest committed to the promotion of legality, with entr'actes actor Angelo Di Gennaro and the demonstration of acrobatic pizza maker Alberto Arino.
At the end of the challenge, il presidente Pace ha proclamato vincitore Massimiliano Gallo.
We guests we could not taste the pizzas of Vip, But we consulates tasting the fried pizzas of the master Ernesto Fico (Antica Pizzeria Donna Regina Naples), Neapolitan pizzas prepared by international delegations AVPN, the dishes on the buffet of Science City and the wines offered by companies Grotta del Sole and Feudi di San Gregorio.
The evening ended with the award ceremony of the pizza makers who participated in the Olympics of the True Neapolitan Pizza.
For the 2013 True Neapolitan Pizza Association is planning the first "Pizza tour" in the main European capitals, to promote the tradition of Neapolitan pizza in all of Europe.