Posted on 04/15/2014 2:22:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Australian pizza is now officially the best in the world. Well, sort of.
Judges at last weekend's Campionato Mondiale Della Pizza (Pizza World Championship) held in Parma, Italy, awarded the world's top margherita pizza title to Australian chef Johnny Di Francesco, owner of the 400 Gradi restaurant in Brunswick, a Melbourne suburb.
Di Francesco, 36, beat more than 600 competitors from 35 countries to take home the Specialita Traditionale Garantita pizza prize in the annual competition.
The win and subsequent publicity has made the small restaurant he owns in his hometown an overnight sensation.
"It's been an amazing reaction," Di Francesco tells CNN. "Honestly, I just went to Naples to do what I love. I didn't think it was going to make such a stir."
"A lot of people think it is easy to produce a margherita but it is one of the hardest (pizzas) to produce," Di Francesco told Australian website Good Food.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Yo!!
And if you don't feel like pizze, the chicken parmesan with garlic bread knots is outstanding.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Sollecitos in Boone was rumored to be the same.
Thanks
Nope. Russ and Abbie’s La Pizza House in Des Moines.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.