On Wednesday, January 17th, live streaming on the @pizzanapoletanaverace YouTube channel.
16 countries, 22 masterclasses in 11 languages: from Australia to the States passing through all the continents with the novelty of the first masterclass in Chinese and the debut of Chile and Peru.
The countdown begins for the fourth edition of Vera Pizza Day, the event that crosses all continents to celebrate the representative product of the Bel Paese. This will be the first event on the AVPN calendar of 2024, which will see the association celebrate 40 years of history through a rich calendar of initiatives in Italy and abroad. Starting in great style, therefore, with an event that in past editions has been able to attract the attention of millions of enthusiasts spread across every corner of the world.
There is therefore great anticipation for the traditional lighting of the fire of Sant'Antuono, carried out at 0.00 on Wednesday, January 17th, at the AVPN headquarters in Capodimonte, by the general secretary Paolo Surace which will kick off the Vera Pizza Day 2024 for a unique journey discovering the many faces of pizza. As many as 16 countries are involved with a program of 22 masterclasses, all to be experienced in live streaming on the Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leos1XhwgEA, from 0:00 to 24:00 on January 17th.
“It is our first event of 2024 – says Antonio Pace, AVPN President – which kicks off a year of celebrations on the occasion of our fortieth anniversary. Vera Pizza Day is the event that perhaps best embodies our desire to spread true Neapolitan pizza everywhere, confirming pizza as the most loved food product in the world and an increasingly global phenomenon that has no geographical or linguistic boundaries. These are core values that we have always believed in and which, this year more than ever, constitute the leitmotif of all the upcoming events scheduled. All on a date, January 17th, which was particularly significant for us also because it was the one we chose for the inauguration of our Capodimonte headquarters. It is therefore a source of satisfaction for us to be able to underline how this date, that was long forgotten, has then become the anniversary that celebrates pizza throughout the world."
Many events will enliven the fourth edition of Vera Pizza Day, which this year sees the patronage of the Campania Region and the Municipality of Naples. We start in Australia with the first masterclass, 0.30 am Italian time, and then move on to Japan, Chile, USA East Coast, China, USA West Coast, Egypt, Turkey, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, Peru, Italy and again Poland and the United States. Two new entries: the first masterclass in Chinese and the double meeting from South America (Chile and Peru).
The journey goes on with “Un abbinamento verace” (“A verace pairing”), the masterclass held by Massimo Di Porzio (Vice President AVPN), Tommaso Luongo (President AIS Campania), Antonio Grasso and Salvatore Salvo which acts as a preview of the food pairing project, conceived by AVPN in collaboration with AIS Campania.
The marathon goes on with "La Verace senza confini" (“Verace without boundaries”), 3.30 pm, a conference on the importance of spreading pizza around the world as a driver of territorial, tourist and economic development, with which the collaboration with the Univerde Foundation, directed by Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio, is renewed. The talk will be combined with the assignment of the Sant'Antuono Awards, the recognition dedicated to communicators, journalists and all those who have particularly distinguished themselves in the dissemination of the culture of Neapolitan pizza. In conclusion, a space dedicated to the event's partners to reflect on how much the pizza sector affects their business, especially in relation to the expansion of the pizza universe which continues to conquer new international markets.
The conference and the Vera Pizza Day initiative sees the participation of international partners such as Molino Dallagiovanna, Le 5 Stagioni, Molino Denti, Cirio, Latteria Sorrentina, Gi.Metal and Woody Brikkets. Technical partners of the initiative are the three young companies Jungle Juice ADV, Sokan Communication and Branding Records.
The complete schedule (Italian time):
0.00 - 0.30 | Italy
Initial greetings and lighting of the fire with Paolo Surace
at: AVPN headquarters
Spoken language: Italian - English
0.30 - 1.30 | Australia
Masterclass with Johnny Di Francesco
at: 400 Gradi, Melbourne
Language spoken: English
1.30 - 2.30 | Japan
Masterclass with Manabu Odawara and Prof. Ishida Masayoshi
at: AVPN School Japan, Shiga Kyoto
Language spoken: Japanese
2.30 - 3.30 | Chile
Masterclass with Renato Colombo and Milton Quinzacara
at: Ciudad de Pie, Valparaiso
Language spoken: Spanish
3.30 - 4.30 | USA East Coast
Masterclass with Ettore Rusciano
at: Menomale, Washington
Language spoken: English
4.30 - 5.30 | Australia
Masterclass with Roberto Di Massa and Lucio De Falco
at: AVPN School Sydney
Language spoken: English
5.30 - 6.30 | China
Masterclass with Paolo Salvo
at: Bottega Shanghai
Language spoken: Chinese
6.30 - 7.30 | USA West Coast
Masterclass with Peppe Miele
at: AVPN School Los Angeles
Language spoken: English
7.30 - 8.30 | Egypt
Masterclass with Dareen Akkad
at: What The Crust, Cairo
Language spoken: Arabic
8.30 - 9.30 | Türkiye
Masterclass with Alp Gunduzalp
at: AVPN School Turkey, Istanbul
Language spoken: Turkish
9.30 - 10.30 | France
Masterclass with Ludovic Bicchierai
at: AVPN School France, Martigues
Language spoken: French
10.30 - 11.30 | Germany
Masterclass with Massimo Cesaro & Mohamed El Rhayati
at: Gold of Naples, Aachen
Language spoken: German
11.30 - 12.30 | Poland
Masterclass with Ewelina Przygocka & Michal Smejda
at: AVPN School Poland, Poznan
Language spoken: Polish
12.30 - 13.30 | Spain
Masterclass with Antonia Ricciardi
at: AVPN School Spain, Granada
Language spoken: Spanish
1.30pm - 2.30pm | UK
Masterclass with Armandoprendito & Berardo Caggiano
at: Cresci, York
Language spoken: English
2.30pm - 3.30pm | Brazil
Masterclass with Guilherme Finamore and Andrè Guidon
at: Andolini, San Paolo
Language spoken: Portuguese
3.30pm - 4.30pm | Italy
“La Verace senza confine” conference and Sant’Antuono Awards
at: AVPN headquarters, Naples
Spoken language: Italian
4.30pm - 5.30pm | USA East Coast
Masterclass with Pasquale Illiano
at: Pasquale's, Wakefield Rhode Island
Language spoken: Spanish
5.30pm - 6.30pm | Canada
Masterclass with Pasquale Ponticiello & Tomo Kovacek
at: Verace, Oakville
Language spoken: English
6.30pm - 7.30pm | USA East Coast
Masterclass with Pasquale Cozzolino
at: Ribalta, New York
Language spoken: English
7.30pm - 8.30pm | Peru
Masterclass with Luis Bolivar
at: Flama, Lima
Language spoken: Spanish
8.30pm - 9.30pm | Italy
Masterclass with Antonio Grasso and Salvatore Salvo, in collaboration with Tommaso Luongo, Pres. AIS Campania and Massimo Di Porzio
at: AVPN headquarters in Naples
Spoken language: Italian
9.30pm - 10.30pm | Poland
Masterclass with Kamil Sohajko and Jacek Plecinski
at: Olio, Gliwice
Language spoken: Polish
10.30pm - 11.30pm | Use West Coast
Masterclass with Joe Fugere & Javier Nicolas
at: Tuttabella, Seattle
Language spoken: English
11.30pm - 12.00am| Italy
Final greetings
at: AVPN headquarters in Naples
Spoken language: Italian – English
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