Ciro Salvo, one of the most important Neapolitan pizza makers, who saw his pizzeria "50 Kalò" in Piazza Sannazzaro in Naples awarded among the seven best by the Guide of Italian Pizzerias of Gambero Rosso 2019, has added another important recognition to his medal collection. 50 Top Pizza, the most important online guide of the best pizzerias in the world, edited by Luciano Pignataro, Albert Sapere and Barbara Guerra, has compiled a European ranking pending the international competition “Top 50 Europe” and after having examined 50 places in the old continent, he judged the pizzeria that Salvo opened in London "50 Kalò di Ciro Salvo Pizzeria London" the best pizzeria outside the Italian borders in Europe.
50 Kalò which had already ranked no. 3 of 50 Top Pizza Italia 2018 has now received the Fior d'Agerola 50 Top Europe Award.
They follow in the ranking of the Guide, the Parisian Bijou, by Gennaro Nasti, another champion of Neapolitan origins, e Bæst, in Copenhagen, by the Sicilian-Danish Christian Puglisi.
Overall, the 50 Top Europe Guide examined the premises of 23 nations. The ranking showed that England, France and Germany were the countries with the highest number of quality venues and to be exact, England placed 10, France 8 and Germany 5.
“This year – underline Guerra, Pignataro and Sapere – we have decided to multiply our efforts with the intention of giving readers, and consumers, an ever more exhaustive and complete guide, with an extremely wide range of action. Pizza is a global phenomenon which, without ever renouncing its popular soul, is undergoing significant growth in terms of quality. We therefore think it is right to pay homage and put in the spotlight all those names that, in the world, manage to stand out for the standing of their offer. The focal point of the pizza universe clearly remains Italy, to which the project devotes its main attention, with a total of over 1.000 pizzerias featured in the guide”.
And of the latter, more than 50 "must-see" pizzerias are already present online, on the website www.500toppizza.com, bearing the "oven" symbol, while, starting from the first days of June, the the 350 “excellent” brands (“2 ovens”). The exciting web countdown will then continue, up to the grand finale scheduled for July 23rd in the historical and evocative Mercadante Theater of Naples, when they are finally released, the best 50 pizzerias in Italy and presented the coveted special prizes and all the foreign awards.
Instead, they will be unveiled during a special evening in New York, on 27 June, the nominations for the Best pizzeria in South America and the Best Pizzeria in Brazil, as well as the ranking of 50 Top North America, another important novelty of 2019, whose panel was coordinated by Mitchell Davis, Chief Strategy Officer of the James Beard Foundation (a non-profit organization that promotes American food culture in sustainable key).
