Edition 2022

On April 25 and 26, 2022 during the Rome Food Excel Fair, the best pizza makers from all over the World competed in different categories to win the World Champion Title.

After two days of competitions in which hundreds of pizza makers from all over the World competed, the awards ceremony of the World Pizza Championship - Pizza Senza Frontiere took place.

PIZZA CLASSICA

1st PLACE - Mauro Alba 957 PUNTI
2nd PLACE - Massimo Leone 932 PUNTI
3rd PLACE - Hubert Przybylak 907 PUNTI

PIZZA NAPOLETANA

1st PLACE - Leandro Mastromatteo 902 PUNTI
​2nd PLACE - Domenico Cuscunà 890 PUNTI
​3rd PLACE - Gianluca Lamberti 889 PUNTI

PIZZA IN TEGLIA

1st PLACE - Gianluca Piersanti 909 PUNTI
​2nd PLACE - Cristian Tolu 882 PUNTI
​3rd PLACE - Valentino Rotaru 878 PUNTI

PIZZA IN PALA

1st PLACE - Emanuel Facchin 919 PUNTI
​2nd PLACE - Fabrizio Di Leginio 879 PUNTI
​3rd PLACE - Sebastiano Parentignoti 860 PUNTI

PIZZA TONDA AL MATTERELLO

1st PLACE - Rosario Simeoli 833 PUNTI
1st PLACE - Cristian Tolu 833 PUNTI
​2nd PLACE - Aldo Brancato 830 PUNTI
​3rd PLACE - Antonio Saviana 822 PUNTI

PIZZA A 4 MANI

1st PLACE - Marco Amicone 871 PUNTI
​2nd PLACE - Andrea Di Paolo 833 PUNTI
​3rd PLACE - Gianluca Sozubir 772 PUNTI

PIZZA AL METRO

1st PLACE - Federica Samarani 902 PUNTI
​2nd PLACE - Andrea Di Paolo 866 PUNTI
​3rd PLACE - Davide Samarani 852 PUNTI

MISTERY BOX

1st PLACE - Nicodemo Arnoni 850 PUNTI
​2nd PLACE - Corrado Bombaci 845 PUNTI
​3rd PLACE - Andrea De Stefano 828 PUNTI

SPECIAL AWARDS

Pizza in rosa: Federica Samarani won the award for being the woman with the highest overall score in one of the competitions

Emerging pizza chef: Massimo Leone was awarded for being the under-30 pizza maker with the highest score in any of the competitions

King of pizze romane: Cristian Tolu won the award for the best score as the total of the scores of the 3 competitions (Pizza in Teglia, Pizza in Pala, Pizza Tonda al Matterello)

In addition, all the newly crowned world champions have secured their participation by right - as finalists - in the 7th season of the TV talent show Master Pizza Champion, the first and only TV talent show dedicated to pizza, on TV from October on SKY 937.

SPECIAL GUEST IN ATTENDANCE

During the competition, numerous special guests attended the event and judged the competing professional pizza makers: Davide Civitiello, Tiziano Casillo, Luciano Passeri, Andrea Bosio, Luciano Sorbillo, Pino Arletto, Piero Asaro, Elia Pompa, Francesco Marasciulo, Clara Micheli, Raffaele Di Stasio, Pasquale Chirico, Alessandro Negrini, Thierry Graffagnino and many more.

The World Championship is organized by Ristorazione Italiana Magazine, the B2B network of reference in Italy for professional catering, under the patronage of Associazione Pizza Romana that promotes, defends, and develops the Pizza Romana in Teglia, in Pala and al Piatto con il Matterello, in Italy and especially in the World, with the patronage of the Municipality of Rome and the collaboration of Master Pizza Champion, a talent TV show dedicated to professional pizza makers.

These are the statements of the organizer, Enrico Famà at the end of the event: “It was a fantastic two days. I must sincerely thank all the professionals who wanted to participate in this event, despite all the current challenges, the unfavorable calendar, and the start of the summer season. The organizational machine worked flawlessly. I must congratulate all my team, and the companies that followed us and supported us even in this new adventure. It was exciting to be able to return after some time to organize such a successful event”.