The 50 Top Pizza have spoken, and they have taken the gold from Barcelona… to leave a wonderful silver. One of the world’s leading competitions to choose the best pizzas on the planet was held yesterday in Madrid in the middle of Pizza Week, and chose a pizza from Barcelona as the second best pizza in Europe.
This is Sartoria Panatieri, a pizzeria that is constantly accumulating awards and that last year it won the award for the best pizza in Europe. This year the pizzeria of Jorge Sastre and Rafa Panatieri does not fall from the throne, but gives up the first place to be the second best pizza in Europe. In addition to this award, Sartoria Panatieri, together with MO de Movimiento, has been awarded the Green Oven 2024 – Goeldlin.
It does so in favor of Napoli on the Road, a London pizzeria run by Michele Pascarella, who already won the award for best pizza maker in the world 2023, and who this year rises to the top position.
Third place goes to Via Toledo Enopizzeria, Vienna, from pizzaiolo Francesco Calò, who also wins the award for best pizza of the year with his Pizza de Nero.
You can consult the complete list of award winners at the website of 50 top pizza.
2 Barcelona pizzerias among the 50 best in the world
Apart from Sartoria, another Barcelona pizzeria,La Balmesina, sneaks back into the list of the 50 top Pizza, in ninth position.
In addition, there are 5 more Spanish establishments in the ranking 50 Top Pizza Europe 2024: Baldoria, Fratelli Figurato, Demaio, Gasparic e Infraganti. Spain is, in fact, the best represented country in the guide with 39 pizzerias. Followed by France, with 21, and Germany, with 17.
There are other special awards: The New Entry of the Year 2024 – Solania Award goes to Stile Napoletano, in Chester, England; the Best Fried Food 2024 – Il Fritturista – Oleificio Zucchi Award goes to Zielona Górka, in Pabianice, Poland; the Performance of the Year 2024 – Robo Award goes to Franko’s Pizza & Bar of Zagreb, Croatia; the Best Dessert List 2024 – Cremoso – La Dispensa Award goes to Forno d’Oro in Lisbon, Portugal; the Best Beer Service 2024 – Peroni Nastro Azzurro Award goes to Matto Napoletano in Skopje, North Macedonia; the Made in Italy 2024 – Mammafiore Award goes to Little Pyg in Dublin, Ireland; and the One to Watch 2024 Award goes to Gasparic, in Girona, Spain.