Italian restaurants and pizzerias are in good health abroad

The Gambero Rosso Top Italian Restaurants 2021 Guide photographs a flexible and innovative world that knows how to renew the gastronomic offer. Restaurant of the year: Da Vittorio in Shanghai, Pizzeria of the year “Peppe Napoli sta' ca'' in Tokyo

If Italian catering suffers from the restrictions of the pandemic, records closures and downsizings, struggles between layoffs and layoffs, Italian catering abroad seems to be in good health. The tricolor insignia keeps the flag of Italian quality high in the world and showcases an extraordinary capacity for resilience and innovation. This is what emerges from the digital guide Top Italian Restaurants of Gambero Rosso, in its fourth year, which closely monitors the evolution of Italian cuisine abroad, narrating the virtuous work of the best restaurants, awarded with forks, trattorias and bistros with prawns , wine bars and wine tables with bottles and pizzerias with wedges. In total there are over 700 venues selected in more than 100 cities around the world.

Abroad, points out Luigi Salerno, CEO of Gambero Rosso. is a record number of openings for pizzerias, pasta factories and small bistros, while the few closures concern fine dining hotel catering. "This year all the typically Italian managerial ability to deal with emergencies has emerged: flexibility and creativity have been able to make ends meet and at the same time renew the gastronomic offer",

The metropolis with the most awards? New York, Tokyo, Paris and Singapore.

Going into the details of the special prizes:

The Pizzeria of the Year it is located in the shadow of the Tokyo Tower: it is Peppe Napoli sta' ca'' by Giuseppe Erricchiello, a very talented and tenacious pizza maker.

The Restaurant of the Year it is Da Vittorio in Shanghai, with a Michelin star, which testifies to the solidity and seriousness of the Cerea family, capable of re-proposing an exceptional quality standard in China.

The Chef of the Year it is Mario Gamba of the Acquarello restaurant in Munich, who has made the most of the possibilities of delivery, continuing to offer creative and territorial cuisine, renewing an inexhaustible repertoire, his restaurant has been active since 1994.

The Wine List of the Year it is instead in Bordeaux, that of the delicious bistro TentaziOni by Johanna and Giovanni Pireddu, an author's collection of small producers entirely dedicated to the love for the Italian territory.

The Emerging Restaurant it's Mono in Edinburgh, a contemporary format that focuses heavily on vegetarian recipes, essential flavors and a healthy and targeted contamination.

The Opening of the Year is that of the Sicilian chef Accursio Lota, who set up on his own with the Cori Pastificio Trattoria in San Diego.

The Guardian of Tradition Award goes to the Da Emma restaurant in Montreal: a cuisine made of gestures, traditional and genuine flavors just like Emma Risi, an energetic and inimitable cook with a Roman accent from the past.

“In these 4 years, says Paolo Cuccia, president of Gambero Rosso. we have stimulated healthy competition, enhancing an unprecedented growth path of Italian catering in the world, the real driving force of our food and wine exports, one of the few sectors capable of holding up even in this 2020”

The guide can be consulted free of charge on the website:

www.gamberorossointernational.com/restaurants