eight pizzaiolefrom all around Italy united by the same passion for dough and a great heart which doesn’t stop within the walls of their restaurant. They’re represented by an illustration by Serema Romio, a playing card – a queen of hearts, of course – dressed as a pizzaiola.

Petra Antolini (Settimo Cielo, Pescantina), Marzia Buzzanca (Percorsi di Gusto, L’Aquila), Paola Cappuccio (Pizza Verace, Portici), Enrica Causa (Pizzeria Rustica, Galzignano Terme), Eleonora Massaretti (Basilico Rosso, Castelmassa), Marina Orlandi and Giovanna Baratella (Slurp – da Mary e Giò in Ferrara) and Claudia Tosello (Arcobaleno in the province of Rovigo, though she’s soon to move into town) met at PizzaUp, the technical symposium on pizza organised by Molino Quaglia. A strong friendship and the desire to do something extra grew between these colleagues, both pizzaiole and entrepreneurs.

So, thanks also to a group on WhatsApp that TV host Francesca Barberini created – she became the group’s godmother and supports them with her advice – Donne di pizza donne di cuore was born: a “spontaneous” group, based on friendship and the desire to help.

 «Our goal isn’t to promote ourselves or our restaurants – says Petra Antolini – We organise or participate in charity events. This way, we grow too: the group joined us together, it made us stronger, even professionally; if one of us has a problem, even during service, she calls the others and they answer. We also organise four-handed events or participate in events organised by others, as long as the goal is to help those in need».

The next scheduled event is on October 1st, in Portici at Paola Cappuccio’s. But these pizza women have plenty of ideas in mind and – as common female habit – you can bet they’ll put them into practice.


Luciana Squadrilli
source: http://www.identitagolose.it/news/view.php?id=95

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