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Head chef of 48h Pizza e Gnocchi Bar in South Yarra and Elsternwick, Michele Circhirillo, has taken out the title of Australia’s best pizza at the Campionato Mondiale Della Pizza (World Pizza Championships) in Parma, Italy.
Circhirillo – who was born in the northern Italian region of Piemonte – competed in the Pizza Classica category with his Di Parma pizza, which comes topped with tomato sauce, fior di latte (a style of mozzarella), prosciutto di Parma, air-freighted mozzarella, rocket and Grana Padano. This particular category allowed entrants to choose their type of oven and flour; Circhirillo used a woodfired oven and flour types 00, 0 and 1. Participants were also judged on presentation, cleanliness and technique.
“The temperature in the room was really high,” says Circhirillo. “It was like being in Fiji.”
Ultimately he took eight batches of dough with him to the competition site to choose from, only two of which were usable by competition time.
Circhirillo’s award-winning pizza is available now at 48h Pizza e Gnocchi Bar in South Yarra and Elsternwick.