Over seven hundred competitors from 55 nations will compete in 1038 races, to win a title at the Pizza World Forum which will take place in Parma from 9 to 11 April at the Palaverdi, inside the city's exhibition center. The 31st World Pizza Championship, the most important event dedicated to professionals will transform Parma into the capital of pizza for three days. The event, a moment of discussion between professionals and pizza enthusiasts with thematic topics, intends to stimulate the interest of professionals and enthusiasts in discovering the concepts of sharing, passion, stimulation of new ideas and recipes, openness towards the future of one's business, trends, the importance of ethics, inclusion and hospitality with a careful and independent look at what happens in the world of pizza, a UNESCO heritage site.
Competitors from 55 nations around the world for 531 interpretations of pizza
An opportunity for discovery that can be pursued by deciding to enter the website www.ampionatomondialedellapizza.it and registering on the Visitors page, in order to obtain the voucher for entry to the event. For the new edition, the World Pizza Championship, in which 718 competitors (master pizza makers and chefs) participate representatives of 55 nations, includes 1038 competitions, 957 of which are cooking. In the cooking competitions, the classic pizza in its variations will have 531 interpretations while there are more than 100 for each of the other categories, such as pizza on the shovel, in the pan, pizza for two (collaboration between pizza chef and chef). Pizza for two is the category that has seen the greatest increase with 200 professionals who will bring their creation in collaboration. There is no shortage of skill competitions, with free style and the spectacular acrobatic display with pizza dough discs set to the rhythm of music and important and representative sector partners with their stands to offer products and news. There are 55 nations represented and competing in total (Italy 56%): Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, Eire, El Salvador, United Arab Emirates, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malta, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco Principality, Norway, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Rep. of Serbia, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, United States of America, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Hungary.
Special Sustainability Award for the use of raw materials from sustainable and low-impact agriculture and typical DOP and IGP products
The proposal for discussion and stimulation between the various operators and enthusiasts will focus, with meetings and appointments, on the key words internationality and sustainability, the latter in particular addressed with the Special award dedicated to Sustainability “The pizza of change”. The award evaluates contestants with a series of criteria, including the use of raw materials from sustainable and low-impact agriculture and typical DOP and IGP products in the preparation of pizza. The Pizza World Forum is also included in the discussion and reflection programming calendar, open in the seminar area sessions and with the terms Hospitality, Ethics, Inclusion as the common thread. The Pizza World Forum will have the aim of building, through the contribution of experts in the sector and the food world, a "Manifesto of the relational pizzeria" divided into 10 points which will contain indications on how to make a pizzeria welcoming, ethical and inclusive
