The Italian Show – pizza edition 2022.

A pizza show to top the lot!

This year, the Pizza Pasta & Italian Food Association’s (PAPA) Pizza Chef of the Year competition will take place at the inaugural Italian Food Show – Pizza Edition where there will also be plenty of Italian ingredients and food stuff s on display to see, sample and learn more about.

NEW EVENT

In February of this year, when long-time supporter of the PAPA Awards, chef Enzo Oliveri heard that the search was underway for a new event to host the Pizza Chef of the Year competition, a seed of an idea was sewn.

Fast forward to the autumn and, with the collective involvement of the Federation of Italian Chefs (FIC), I Love Italian Food (ILIF) and the Pizza, Pasta & Italian Food Association (PAPA), that seed has grown to become the Italian Show – Pizza Edition with the inaugural show taking place on 11 October 2022 at London’s Porchester Hall.

The event objectives – educating, tasting, and promoting – are refl ected in the show’s schedule and activities. Alongside PAPA’s ever-popular Pizza Chef of the Year competition, visitors will fi nd classes in pizza making, an Italian wine tasting experience and the opportunity to sample some of the fi nest Italian products while networking with their producers.

PIZZA ACADEMY

The technical experts from the Scuola Italiana Pizzaioli will present three live Pizza Academy classes where they will share some of their pizza secrets.

In the Pizza in Pala masterclass, Graziano Bertuzzo - pizza chef and technical specialist at Scuola Italiana Pizzaioli - will reveal traditional and contemporary recipe ideas for this crisp and light Roman classic, preparing a gourmet menu suggestion to taste.

Tiziano De Filippis - director at Scuola Italiana Pizzaioli – will present the New Trend in Pizzeria: The pizza al “Padellino” (deep dish pizza) masterclass. This demonstration and tasting will reveal how a traditional padellino (little pot) recipe from the early 1900’s is finding a new expression in modern menus.

From the traditional to the new trends in different types of flours, doughs, recipes and Italian toppings, the Contemporary Pizza Napoletana masterclass will be presented by Davide D’Auria, research and development pizza chef at White’s Foodservice Equipment and instructor at Scuola Italiana Pizzaioli.

WINE TASTING AND FOOD PAIRING

The Italian Show - Pizza Edition will also host a Tasting Lounge where the chefs of the Federazione Italiana Cuochi - UK Delegation will talk about, and taste, Italian excellence, under the guidance of their president Enzo Oliveri, The Sicilian Chef.

With five different Sella & Mosca wines to taste under the guidance of renowned sommeliers, all paired with dishes prepared by Enzo’s expert hands, this is a demonstration not to be missed!

EAT, MEET AND GREET

The opportunity to network with Italian producers will be plentiful as the Walkaround Tasting Area gives the event’s food and beverage partners the chance to exhibit their wares and visitors the chance to taste some of the finest Italian products.

The day also presents the prospect of rubbing shoulders with the special guests in attendance, including celebrity Theo Randall, the well known pizza chef Marco Fuso, head pizza maker of Rossopomodoro Davide Civitiello and Tiziano De Filippis, director of Scuola Italiana Pizzaioli, plus many others.

“After the success of May’s edition of The Italian Show, we decided to expand the format with this special edition, dedicating an entire day to the world of pizza, which is one of the symbols that most represents Italy and our cuisine in the world. With this appointment we want to bring together the main experts in the world of pizza in London and offer an opportunity to those working in the sector in the area who want to inform themselves, train themselves, and also get in touch with the main producers in the sector,” said Alessandro Schiatti, CEO and co-founder of I Love Italian Food.

“With our unique position representing both the UK’s pizza and Italian food sectors, The Italian Show – Pizza Edition is a perfect vehicle to bring the two closer together. It offers Italian producers the chance to see how their products can shine in the UK’s extensive and varied pizza market while also introducing UK pizza chefs and manufacturers to excellent Italian products which can add an exciting, authentic Italian dimension to their menus,” said Jim Winship, Director of the Pizza, Pasta & Italian food Association.

Meet the judges

Celebrity chef, Theo Randall.

Previous Pizza Chef of the Year, Marco Fuso.

The Sicilian Chef and president of the Federation of Italian Chefs in the UK, Enzo Oliveri.

WHERE AND WHEN

10am, 11 October 2022 Porchester Hall, Porchester Road, Bayswater, London W2 5HS

The event is reserved for trade and press only, who can register online and on-site. For further information and to sign up, visit https:// iloveitalianfood.it/en/the-italianshow-pizza-edition-london

I Love Italian Food is an international network and a nonprofit association with the mission to promote and defend the true Italian food and wine culture in the world.

It was born in Italy in 2013, in the heart of its food valley, from the encounter between the Facebook page created by Marco Bonini and the idea of Alessandro Schiatti to build a non-profit association around it.

Over time, I Love Italian Food has become a company and an international community that in recent years has reached

3 billion social contacts, has held over 100 international events and obtained more than a billion video views.

It has grown thanks to the conviction that the future of Italy is closely linked to the future of its food sector and its ability to expand and establish itself beyond national borders. In fact, it is one of the most loved and wanted aspects of Italy abroad, as well as representing one sixth of the nation’s economy.

“Made in Italy agri-food is the oil of Italy, one of our greatest riches, it is the fruit of our many popular cultures, the know-how of our workers, our geography and the many microclimates that make it up. For this reason, at I Love Italian Food, we believe in the value of the real Made in Italy, the one that is made in Italy, on our land and from our land,” says Alessandro Schiatti, current CEO of I Love Italian Food.