Where to eat the best pizza in Italy? Spoiler: not in Naples

00 flour, yeast, olive oil, water, salt, tomato, and mozzarella cheese: it seems that there are not many ingredients to prepare the recipe for the best pizza in Italy, and cooking this fantastic dish does not seem difficult. But how does a good pizza become superb? What is the secret of the best pizza in Italy?

A simple dish as pizza can be elevated to a genuine art form as the country's best pizza makers teach us. Every year there are several gastronomic guides that rank the best pizza in Italy and award special prizes to pizza makers who, with their mastery, transform the preparation of an essential dish into a work of high culinary creativity.

Let's find out where you can eat the best pizza in Italy for excellence and some special pizzas for real gourmets!

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10. In tenth place, we remain in Campania, in the province of Caserta, with the pizzeria Cambia-Menti managed by Ciccio Vitiello.

9. In ninth place, we go up the peninsula to reach Milan, where we find the renowned pizzeria called Dry Milano.

8. In ninth place, we enter the magnificent Eternal City, Rome, with 180g Pizzeria Romana.

7. In seventh place, we find the world hometown of pizza, Napoli, with La Notizia 94.

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6. It is a pizza from Roma that takes sixth place in the ranking: the pizzeria Seu Pizza Illuminati.

5. The pizza of Francesco & Salvatore Salvo, which we can taste visiting Naples, is positioned in fifth place in the ranking.

4. In fourth place we find the pizza of Tigli di Bonifacio in Verona: a nice surprise for the Veneto region.

And here is the podium.

Bronze medal: The third place for the best pizza in Italy in the rank of the prestigious 50 top Pizza goes to the pizzeria 10 Diego Vitagliano.

Silver medal: The real breakthrough, however, was made by the pizzeria 50 Kalò of Naples, which, from sixth place in 2021, this year has won the silver medal as the best pizza in Italy.

Gold medal: The top step of the podium does not surprise the experts: for the third year in a row the best pizza in Italy (and therefore in the world) is that of Francesco Martucci of Masanielli in Caserta.

This is the category that rewards the most classic pizza, a symbol of Italy in the world. The LIke a roll by the pizzeria La sorgente of Guardiagrele, in the province of Chieti, is composed as follows: frayed pork shoulder, buffalo mozzarella, smoked buffalo mozzarella,  sweet and sour white cabbage, purple cabbage, Tropea onion, extra virgin, olive oil, julienne carrots.

Simple, good, iconic.

This type of pizza, also known as pizza al trancio (pizza by the slice), is characterised by its quadrangular shape, baked in large rectangular trays, and sold in slices. The best of 2022 was created by the pizzeria Campana Pizza in Teglia of Corigliano Calabro. It is the “Sun recipe” made with strawberries, 'nduja, elder flowers in infusion, stracciatella, aged ricotta cheese, and fiordilatte mozzarella cheese.

A work of art worthy of the most refined palates.

The most common version of pizza is undoubtedly the savoury one, but let's not forget its sweet version, particularly appreciated by the sweet tooth. For this category, the winner is the pizzeria Pucci e Manella of Formia. The pizza that earned it this award is the “Pizza made with Annurche apples”, garnished with  crème patissière and garnished with caramelised Annurche apples, Roman Gentile hazelnut, zest from lemons, and honey from Aurunci Mountains

A glutton's paradise created from the most authentic ingredients of Campania.