São Paulo boasts the title of Brazil’s pizza capital and one of the most prestigious pizza centers in the world. That’s because the city is home to three of the best pizzerias in the world, according to 50 Top Pizza World, a ranking by Italy’s 50 TOP guide.
At number 77 comes the first Brazilian on the list: Pizza Da Mooca. Leggera Pizza Napoletana stands out at number 83. Finally, at number 99, QT Pizza Bar.
Francesco Martucci’s AI Masanielli in Caserta, Italy, and Anthony Mangieri’s Una Pizza Napoletana in New York took the top spots, followed by Giuseppe Cutraro’s Peppe Pizzeria in Paris.
The ranking includes forty Italian pizzerias, 25 from the rest of Europe, 15 from North America, fifteen from Asia, four from South America and one from Africa.
The winners were announced at the Palacio Real in Naples, a southern Italian city considered the ‘mother’ of the delicacy that took over the world and is now the subject of a season of the acclaimed series The Chef’s Table (Netflix).
Pizza at I Masanielli by Francesco Martucci in Caserta
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In its first worldwide edition, the guide was created by Barbara Guerra, Albert Sapere and Luciano Pignataro, who have been selecting the best pizzerias in Italy for years. “It’s a guide that, by and large, sees many different styles of pizza, although the Neapolitan style, classic and modern, is the master,” reads the official statement.
Pizza Puglia, by Leggera Pizza Napoletana
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Pizzas from QT Pizza Bar
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Naples, then New York, Tokyo and São Paulo are highlighted as the best pizza cities in the world in terms of quality.
Check out the full ranking of 50 Top Pizza World 2022.
Brazil stands out in the gastronomic lists
2022 was a year of recognition for chefs, restaurants and recipes Made in Brazil. In July, A Casa do Porco was voted the seventh best restaurant in the world by 50Best, the industry’s most prestigious list. In the same month, the country had two representatives at the top of the list of the best ice cream parlors in the world. Even the very Brazilian pavé popped up as one of the tastiest sweets on the Taste Atlas website’s list.
Another internationally popular product had a Brazilian touch as Canastra cheese became one of the best in the world.