Gambero Rosso – July-August 2019

Gran Biscotto, pizza challenge

on TV Civitiello wins with his “pupil”

Gran Biscotto Rovagnati, pizza and

slices challenge. The contest that

aired on Gambero Rosso Channel

saw a heated challenge between

six pizza chefs selected by the Max

Mariola European tour. The six con-

testants, along with their tutors––all

internationally famous pizza mak-

ers––engaged in the creation of pies

that gave value to the main ingredi-

ent, Gran Biscotto ham.

With heats of two-on-two chal-

lenges, the six came to the finals.

These were: Giovan Battista Cic-

chella, pizza maker at the pizzeria

Villa Alba in Santa Maria a Vico (CE)

together with Ciro Salvo; Maurizio

Paterno, in force at Eccellenze Cam-

pane (Naples) with the support of

Nicola Iovine, thanks to his success

in Paris; Francesco Gentile, just out

of 800 Napoletano and now leaving

for Madrid, with his tutor Ivan Sime-

oli successful pizza maker based

in London; the young Francesco

Carotenuto flanked by tutor Enrico

Coppola who took him to Switzer-

land at his Italian pizzeria Luigia in

Zurich; Ettore Catone, Neapolitan

pizza maker for passion, alongside

tutor Daniele D’Orta, brilliant Italian

pizza maker in Monaco; Vincenzo

Beneduce at the ovens of the fam-

ily pizzeria in Somma Vesuviana

(NA) “trained” by Davide Civitiello,

a famous name among Neapolitan

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