Peppe Pizzeria in Paris, by Peppe Cutraro,has been named the best pizzeria in Europe by50 Top Pizza Europe 2022for a second consecutive year, during an official awards ceremony held by 50 Top Pizza in Milan on 12 May.
Fratelli Figurato, owned by Riccardo and Vittorio Figurato in Madrid, came in second place, while the third spot on the podium went to 50 Kalò London, the UK pizzeria owned by Neapolitan pizza chef Ciro Salvo, who also won the special award Made in Italy 2022 – Mammafiore Award.
In fourth place was the Danish pizzeria Bæst, in Copenhagen, which also won two special awards: Best Service 2022 – Goeldlin Award, and Innovation and Sustainability 2022 – Ferrarelle Award.
A total of 21 European countries were represented at the event, with the UK and Spain faring best, with five venues listed each, and Spain boasting three pizzerias in the top ten. France, Denmark, Germany and Belgium had four pizzerias each in the ranking. As for the cities with the most venues in the guide, London had five while Copenhagen had four.
Sartoria Panatieri by Rafa Panatieri and Jorge Sastre (in fifth position) in Barcelona, also won the special 'Pizza of the Year 2022' award for its pizza topped with Cantabrian anchovies, tomato, escarole and kalama olive puree. See all the other special award winners listed below.
The first 25 positions in the 2022 European ranking also earn the right to be included in the 100 Best pizzerias in the world, which will be presented in Naples on 7 September at the Palazzo Reale.Â
Ahead of that, the 2022 USA guide, will be revealed on 14 June at La Devozione in Chelsea Market, New York.
50 Top Europe 2022: the complete list
The following is the complete ranking for 50 Top Europe 2022:
Peppe Pizzeria – Paris, France
Fratelli Figurato – Madrid, Spain
50 Kalò London – London, England
Bæst – Copenhagen, Denmark
Sartoria Panatieri – Barcelona, Spain
Via Toledo Enopizzeria – Vienna, Austria
Pizza Zulù – Fürth, Germany
La Piola Pizza – Brussels, Belgium
Kytaly – Geneva, Switzerland
La Balmesina – Barcelona, Spain
nNea – Amsterdam, Netherlands
La Pizza è Bella Gourmet – Brussels, Belgium
Napoli on The Road – London, England
Malafemmena – Berlin, Germany
Pizzeria Luca – Copenhagen, Denmark
Forno d’Oro – Lisbon, Portugal
400° Laboratorio – Paris, France
L’Antica Pizzeria – London, England
The Dough Bro – Galway, Ireland
San Gennaro – Zurich, Switzerland
‘O Ver – London, England
Forza – Helsinki, Finland
Guillaume Grasso – Paris, France
Surt – Copenhagen, Denmark
Futura Neapolitan Pizza – Berlin, Germany
Pizzeria Luca – Helsinki, Finland
60 Secondi Pizza Napoletana – Munich, Germany
Ostro.– Gdańsk, Poland
450°C – Turku, Finland
Ciao a Tutti– Warsaw, Poland
Verace – Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Marcella – Brussels, Belgium
Belli di Mamma – Budapest, Hungary
e Superette – Gent, Belgium
Majstor I Margarita – Belgrade, Serbia
Oro di Napoli – Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Pietra – Belgrade, Serbia
Cinquecento – London, England
Casa Nostra – Munich, Germany
IMperfetto – Puteaux, France
Matto Napoletano – Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
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