Pizza in Vico: twenty pizza chefs will invade the streets and squares of the town to celebrate the iconic product of the coast

Appointment from 24 to 26 September with the twenty best pizza chefs in the area. But the protagonists will also be the excellences of the Sorrento peninsula: dairy products, oil, tomatoes. The list of pizzerias

Vico Equense, the charming town overlooking the Sorrento coast, where in the 30s the legendary Luigi Dell'Amura, aka Gigino, son of a family of bakers, he invented the Pizza by the meter, which has become an international must, which he followed in 1960, the creation of the "Pizza University" which has trained generations of Neapolitan, Italian and foreign pizza chefs, celebrates the symbolic product of its gastronomic traditions with a large event. In fact, “Pizza a Vico” will be held from 24 to 26 September and the Campania town will be transformed into a large pizzeria that will invade avenues and squares,

Over twenty stands, each equipped with its own oven, they will bring the flavors and aromas of pizzas with classic flavors plus a new flavor every time to the streets of the center. It will be, as it has been defined “a journey into the heart of real Vicana pizza, a magical mix of flour and creativity that is handed down from generation to generation, a culinary event of national resonance ready to reveal the secrets behind the iconic pizza of Vico Equense”.

Appointment from 24 to 26 September with the twenty best pizza chefs in the area

The event, now in its sixth edition, was born from the desire of the community of Vican pizza chefs to pay homage to the queen of the table involving the territory which has always offered gastronomic excellence of the highest quality, from dairy products, to oil, to tomatoes, to products from the 0 km agricultural supply chain. absolute protagonists of pizza Neapolitan. “Each of us, since we were little – declares Michele Cuomo, president of the Vico Pizza Association – had our hands in the dough. There are restaurant activities that have been passed down from fathers to children and grandchildren for years. Hence the choice of family talent which is part of this year's claim."

But the protagonists will also be the excellences of the Sorrento peninsula: dairy products, oil, tomatoes

“The true protagonists of this event – adds the mayor of Vico Equense Peppe Aiello – will be our pizza chefs, who give prestige to Vico Equense every day with passion and love. A city that is leaving behind a wonderful summer from a tourist point of view. This event represents the right opportunity for support projects linked to the territory and to strengthen the candidacy for UNESCO Creative City for Gastronomy".

The event is carried out by the non-profit association "Pizza a Vico" whose proceeds are invested in favor of the community.