Pizza Fest!

If you love pizza, at least once in your life, you should go and visit the pizza fest or be a part of it. Pizza fest is a fair or fest which takes place in Naples, Italy. In fact the city of Naples is filled with the aroma of mozzarella, fresh pastries, spices and basil. It’s the greatest celebration of pizza in Italy. Actually people say it is a ‘delicious’ event. People of Italy could not do without such a holiday.

Coming to a bit historic part of the pizza fest. It first took place in Naples in 1995. In Italy, during the 1800s pizza was the dish which fed common people. It was also called the dish for the poor. So in the honour of that, the people of Italy started celebrating the pizza fest.

Pizza fest is celebrated in the month of September in Naples. Many tourists visit Naples in September to be a part of this grand pizza celebration.

How they celebrate pizza fest?

The celebration goes on for eleven days. At this fest, many world’s most famous pizza chefs come here and share their recipes. In fact they also conduct master classes. A lot of competitions are also held here and many people participate in the various competitions. They see the speed and quality of the dish being cooked in the competition. Also, everyone are taught to prepare the dishes correctly and most importantly how to eat them properly. As pizza is very popular and has a wide variety, so there are various ways to prepare it.

Some people only come here to simply eat pizza. The famous chefs prepare their special dishes and try to offer them to the visitors. This way they are able to earn some money. In this fest, you can participate in various competitions and can learn various facts about pizza and can even try different varieties of pizza as well.

While the whole pizza fest thing is going on, the guests get the opportunity to vote for the best dish they were able to try at the celebration. The best one becomes the winner. Some of the most important competitions are for the ‘most delicious’, ’the biggest', ‘the fastest’ and ‘the most wanted pizza at the fest'. The deserving chef becomes the winner.

According to the estimates, on an average, approximately 100,000 people attend this fest every year. This fest became so popular that some other towns have also started something similar like this. But nothing can be compared to the pizza fest of Naples.

If you think you’re a pizza fan, then you should definitely go to Naples in September and cherish your taste buds.