THE FIRST WORLD PIZZA SUMMIT 2022 IN MADRID: PROGRAM

The world pizza community will meet on November 21st and 22nd

An authenic world summit on the best-loved food on the planet: Pizza. The El Beatriz auditorium in Madrid will be the scene of two days of debates and exploratory discussion, on the 21st and 22nd of November. The First World Pizza Summit will give a new insight into dough and toppings which will be at the center of the discussion.  The economic and social impact that pizza is having worldwide will also be examined. The main themes will be the importance of craftsmanship, training, and the standards applied when training to work in the field of pizza making.

The curators of the 50 Top Pizza guide, Barbara Guerra, Luciano Pignataro, and Albert Sapere will open the event. The first two exchanges will see the participation of Anthony Mangieri, of Una Pizza Napoletana in New York and Francesco Martucci, ofI Masanielli – Francesco Martucci in Caserta.  These two establishments currently hold the top spot as the number one pizzerias in the world for the 50 Top Pizza World awards of 2022, which was presented last September the 7th at Palazzo Reale in Naples, Italy. The first session will focus on “From Pizzeria to Brand”, which concentrates on the transition from the individual pizzeria to the artisan pizzeria chain. The second session will cover the importance of remaining artisans while offering a quality standard to the proposal. On the first day, various events in the Food Hall will take place, which is a space dedicated to the gastronomic excellence of Made in Italy.

The second day will open with a segment dedicated to export and Made in Italy. It will be attended by some of the most prestigious businesses in the Italian agri-food sector. The second segment of this day will be presided over by some of the protagonists of Spanish pizzerias, and it will be presented by Luis Suárez de Lezo, of the Academia madrileña de gastronomía who will discuss the developments of quality pizza in Spain, which is definitely establishing itself in terms of quality and innovation in the European panorama. The summit will continue with exchanges aimed at discussing the background and history of some of the most famous artisan pizzeria chains in the world, which will be presenting their vision and their way of approaching the consumer market.

“This will be an important moment of interaction,” say curators Barbara Guerra, Luciano Pignataro, and Albert Sapere “for the great community of quality pizza worldwide. Dealing with the current topics of the moment is essential. What we wish to convey to our community is a 360 ° overview of what it means to do business in the world of pizza. It will be a privilege to have such an in-depth and broad look at this sector, seen from the perspective of guests who will bring us their various testimonies from different parts of the world .”

“We chose Madrid for our first annual summit,” continue the curators, “because it is currently the most dynamic European city in terms of rapid growth when it comes to the quality of its pizzerias.”

The First World Pizza Summit is organized in collaboration with Mammafiore.

Those who wish to participate to the congress can register by filling out the form on the website www.50toppizza.it at the following link: https://www.50toppizza.it/accrediti-fist-world-pizza-summit/

The following is the complete program for the First World Pizza Summit 2022

November 21st

10.00 am

Opening

10.30 am

Workshop Opening

“First World Pizza Summit 2022” by Luciano Pignataro, Barbara Guerra and Albert Sapere

Welcome by Almudena Maíllo, Councillor for Tourism of Madrid.

50 Top Pizza:  Network and Communication by Albert Sapere

50 Top Pizza:  Community – Summit 2022 by Barbara Guerra

Pizzerias and the Replicable Model by Luciano Pignataro

Speakers:

Francesco Martucci – I Masanielli di Francesco Martucci

Anthony Mangieri – Una Pizza Napoletana (connected live from New York)

11.00 am

From Pizzeria to Brand

Speakers:

• Alessandro Condurro – Da Michele

• Hugo Rodriguez De Prada – Grosso Napoletano

• Daniele Tasso – Big Mamma Group

• James Elliot – Pizza Pilgrims

12.00 pm

Craftsmanship

Speakers:

Session 1

• Mathieu Palombino – Motorino Pizzeria Napoletana

• Bill Johnson – Pitfire Pizza Dubai

• Francesca Marotta e Giuseppe Ferranti – Fratelli La Bufala

Session 2

• Carmine Mainenti – DaZero

• Emanuele Contardi – Gruppomimo

• Claudio Baitelli – Alice Pizza

• Corrado Menchetti – Menchetti

1.30 pm – 4.00 pm

Food Hall

8.00 pm

50 Top World Artisan Pizza Chains 2022 – Awards Ceremony

presented by Veronica Zumalacárregui

Follows

Party After Prize

November 22nd

9.30 am

Opening

10.00 am

Made in Italy: Export and Markets

Speakers:

Session 1

• Antimo Caputo – Mulino Caputo

• Danilo Donati – Mammafiore

• Giuseppe Perrella – Birrificio Fratelli Perrella

• Giovanni Amodio – Latteria Sorrentina

Session 2

• Alberto Busi – Robo 1938

• Valentina Santonastaso – Pastificio Di Martino

• Gaspare Magnifico Fracaro – Ferrarelle soc. Benefit

• Giuseppe Napoletano – Solania

11.00 am

Pizza in Spain

Speakers:

Session 1

• Luis Suárez de Lezo – Academia madrileña de gastronomía

• Antoni Grau – Glovo

• Bruno Gonzalez Calvo – Grosso Napoletano

Session 2

• Luis Suárez de Lezo – Academia madrileña de gastronomía

• Lolo Vuoturni – Can Pizza

• Antonio Belardo – NAP Neapolitan Authentic Pizza

Session 3

• Luis Suárez de Lezo – Academia madrileña de gastronomía

• Vittorio e Riccardo Figurato – Fratelli Figurato

• Massimo Morbi – La Balmesina

• Antonio Di Guida – Oro di Napoli

Session 4

• Luis Suárez de Lezo – Academia madrileña de gastronomía

• Rafa Panatieri e Jorge Sastre – Sartoria Panatieri

• Mattias e Gioel Demaio – Demaio

12.30 pm

Identity

Speakers:

Session 1

• Alessandro d’Ambrosio – Riva

• Erik Momo – 1900 Pizzeria

• Johnny Di Francesco – 400 Gradi

Session 2

• Matteo e Salvatore Aloe – Berberè

• Raffaele Mostaccioli – Bráz Pizzaria

1.30 pm – 3.30 pm

Food Hall

3.30 pm

Training

Session 1

• Andrea Coppola – Luigia

• Errico Porzio – Errico Porzio

• Gino Sorbillo – Sorbillo

Session 2

• Davide Zaccagnino – Pizzium

• Marco Quintili – IQuintili

• Paulie Gee – Paulie Gee’s

4.30 pm

Identity

Speakers:

Session 1

• Marco Di Pasquale – Il Giardino degli Dei

• Paolo Aruta – Fresco

• Claudio Paduano e Vincenzo Rea – Madison

Session 2

• Kamil Sohajko – OLIO welovepizzanapoletana

• Lolo Vuoturni – Can Pizza

• Stefano Napoli – La Pizza è Bella Gourmet

5.30 pm

Training

Speakers:

Session 1

• Mauro D’Errico – Fra Diavolo

• Gianluca Passeggio – Don Peppe

• Vincenzo Capuano – Vincenzo Capuano

Session 2

• Daniele Di Martino – Rossopomodoro

• Antti Kuitunen e Mario Salvatore – Via Tribunali

• Antonio Belardo – NAP Neapolitan Authentic Pizza

6.30 pm – 8.00 pm

Food Hall

Main Project Partners:

Mammafiore, Mulino Caputo, Latteria Sorrentina, Pastificio Di Martino, Robo 1938, Birrificio Fratelli Perrella, Ferrarelle, Solania, Goeldlin.