With the “City of Velletri Pizza Festival” the town of the Castelli Romani will be the capital of pizza for 4 days and will create a world record pizza.
The “Velletri City Pizza Festival” will be held from Thursday 30 May to Sunday 2 June. The absolute protagonist will obviously be pizza, which is certainly one of the most loved foods in the world.
The four days dedicated to pizza will be held at the “Giovanni Scavo” Municipal Stadium in Velletri. The festival is sponsored by the Municipality of Velletri, with the contribution of the Lazio Region and Lazio CREA, and organized by Pro Loco Velitrae and the Amici di Semper Association.
The plan of the Velletri pizza festival presents itself very rich. Not only will professional pizza chefs be the protagonists and compete with each other, but there will also be space for workshops that will involve those who want to literally put their hands in the dough.
The stands of Pizza Fest they will then introduce pizza in all its forms, from the most traditional to those from the rest of the world. Furthermore, music, cabaret and street artists will enliven the four days dedicated to pizza.
L’key event of the event will be on June 2nd the preparation of largest pizza in the world with the colors of the Italian flag. 240 square meters of pizza all to enjoy!
The program of the Velletri Pizza Festival in detail
L’entrance at the “Giovanni Scavo” Municipal Stadium in Velletri for the Pizza Festival is completely free and free. Inside you can purchase food and drinks at the stands in the food area.
Thursday 30 May
The City of Velletri Pizza Festival opens on Thursday 30 May with the Coppa Italia Quality Pizzaeighteenth competition for professional pizza makers.
THE professional pizza chefs they will have to try their hand at preparing different types of pizza. The competition includes: classic pizza, contemporary innovative pizza, pizza in the shovel, pizza in the pan, Neapolitan pizza, pizza flavors of Velletri and gluten-free pizza.
Registration will open at 9am, the competition will begin at 10.30am and the awards ceremony will be held at 5pm.
In the evening, from 7.00pm to 8.15pm, the stadium will come alive with a football match which will see the challenge between the National Pizza Makers and theMunicipal Administration.
It will open at 7.30pm Pizza Partyto then conclude at 9pm with the “Angelo Carestia Show” show.
Friday 31 May
The morning of Friday 31 May will give space to the students ofVelletri Hotel Institute who will try their hand at one pizza competition at 10.00 am.
The afternoon will be dedicated to laboratories, where pizza lovers will be able to “get their hands dirty”. At 4.00 pm Lab Pizza it will be dedicated to boys and girls with disabilities. At 5.00 pm Lab Mani in Pasta will be open to everyone.
At 6.00 pm the conference “Food, nutrition and health” will be held with experts in the sector.
At 7.30pm the Pizza Fest. The theme of the evening will be i typical local products.
The second day of the festival will end with the show “Cabaret Fabian Grut” (9.00 pm) and Musical Band (10.30 pm).
Saturday 1 June
On Saturday it will still be possible to try your hand at preparing pizza.
The amateur race will be held at 3.00 pmChef for 1 day”.
Followed by a repeat at 5.00pm Hands in the Knead Lab for pizza lovers.
For the little ones at 6.00 pm it is scheduled children’s show “Magician for family show”.
The Pizza Fest of Saturday evening will have as its theme “pizzas from the world”. Will there also be the infamous pineapple pizza? We do not know yet.
Entertainment will be entrusted to Sergio Giuffrida’s cabaret and music with the “Ligabue Zerodieci” cover band.
Sunday 2 June: record pizza day
On June 2nd, Republic Dayrepresents the highlight day of the Velletri Pizza Festival, with what is the main event of the event. In fact, to worthily celebrate June 2nd, Velletri will make a world record pizza.
At 4.00 pm the record will be set largest pizza in the world with the colors of the Italian flag. The huge pizza with the colors of our tricolor will measure well 240 square meters. It will have the long side of 20 meters and the short one of 12 meters. A notary will certify the dimensions to make the record official.
The huge pizza later can be enjoyed freely.
The Pizza Fest of the last evening, from 7.30 pm, will continue along the lines of Italy themeto worthily conclude the event on Republic Day.
From 8.30pm there will be children buskers to liven up the Festival with their exhilarating performances. Fabrizio Gaetani’s Cabaret show concludes at 9.30pm.
Read also: Open Cellars 2024, there are 6 wineries in Lazio that open their doors to wine tourists this Saturday and Sunday
