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World Pizza Day 2026 Highlights Craft, Regional Innovation and Global Teaching

The celebration underscores pizza’s evolution from street food to codified gastronomic craft.

Overview

  • In Turin, master pizzaiolo Massimiliano Prete debuts a vitello tonnato pizza as a Piedmont tribute for the January 17 observance.
  • Naples chef Vincenzo “Enzo” Coccia publishes a step-by-step dough method with a 20-hour rise and advances his Metti il disco project centered on ingredient quality.
  • The Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana launches free online masterclasses in eight languages, available through January 31 to share technique worldwide.
  • Industry data from the Osservatorio TuttoPizza 2025 report show Neapolitan style preferred by 52%, Margherita priced around €5–8, and gourmet versions near €20, with quality as the top priority for diners.
  • Restaurants and pizza chefs across Italy present regionally inflected recipes and technical instruction that frame pizza as local storytelling and professional training.