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Renowned for art and culture since the Renaissance over 500 years ago, Florence is at the heart of the Tuscany region. Florentine food culture celebrates the simplicity of produce, including meats and cheeses. Our pizza special is topped with traditional Tuscan fennel salame, and Pecorino Toscano.

Florence is also where the famous Negroni was born, invented at Caffe Giacosa for Camillo Negroni. Our smoky twist is based on the Toscanello cigar.

Salute!

 

Located in the Emilia-Romagna region, the city of Parma is home to two of Italy’s most famous products, recognised across the world… Parma ham and Parmesan cheese. 

Our pizza special for April celebrates dry-cured Parma ham (Prosciutto Crudo di Parma), paired  with creamed Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano) made by us in our kitchens. Together with roasted asparagus, we’ve topped our special with grated Parmesan and a touch of sweetness from Modena’s balsamic vinegar.

Our light sparkling red wine is served chilled, made from the Lambrusco grape in Emilia-Romagna. Crisp and refreshing, it matches perfectly with the white pizza, parmesan and Parma ham.

For our specials this year we are taking our inspiration from the traditional ingredients of our favourite Italian cities and regions, from Venice to Palermo and Cagliari to Bari!

Pesto is famous across the world, originating in the coastal city of Genoa. Our March pizza special combines our own classic basil pesto sauce with roasted potatoes, pork sausage and creamed Stracchino cheese.

And we’re celebrating the Italian sparkling bitter aperitif, Crodino, which is made with herbs & botanical extracts. Our Aperitivo Special combines Martini Bianco, Crodino and a slice of orange for a quintessentially Italian cocktail.

Neapolitan pizza from Naples, inspired by Milan

Our new Pizza special is here. It’s the Milano… featuring saffron, Salame Milano, and butternut squash (zucca)

And for Feb, we’re also featuring a second Negroni, the Sbagliato – one’s just not enough when it comes to Negroni! Saffron & Gorgonzola cream, together with salami from Milan, works perfectly with fried butternut squash for our Feb special pizza

Saffron has an important heritage in the cooking of Lombardy, featuring on menus regionally for over 400 years, including Risotto alla Milanese

Our Milan theme continues with Negroni Sbagliato, our aperitivo special. Created at Bar Basso in Milano, legend has it that the barman accidentally added prosseco to the classic recipe instead of gin, creating a refreshing ‘mistaken Negroni’

Salute!

2023 has been an exciting year for us already! January saw the finale of our Pizzaiolo competition, with three amazing finalists from the first round in December; Luca Boriello, Antonio Rizzo and Francesco Troiano. The contestants brought fresh and interesting ideas to the table for the judges to try. 

Huge thanks to Fran Villani,  CJ Chambers,  and Xavier Buendia for joining us on the judging panel! And of course to our Ida for hosting, and our Head of Pizza, Antonio Braccio for bringing this all together.

And congratulations to Antonio Rizzo, our winner with a great pizza, full of complex flavours and textures. Antonio won a trip Girona, for sinner at one of the best 3 Michelin Stars Restaurant in Spain… El Celler de Can Roca.
This amazing place is run by three brothers and was featured on the Netflix series, Chef’s Table.