Caputo Cup Korea 2019

This year the participants of the Caputo Cup in Korea have also exceeded 50 Pizzaiuoli. Yesterday was the first day of the Neapolitan pizza seminar, followed by the exam of the new members of the APN (Associazione Pizzaiuoli Napoletani – Neapolitan Pizza Maker Association).

The Caputo cup ended this year in Seoul Korea yesterday!!

I’m excited about the final results because mot only did it rank one of my pizza chefs, it also proved that the level of all the Korean pizzaioli continues to grow!! Great Job to all of you!! I believe that especially for the classica section, the Korean team is one of the most creative teams in the world.

We were also honored to be joined by our new Italian ambassador: Federico Failla and Mr.Vincenzo Cali from ITA (Italian trade Agency) this time for the final ceremony with Mr. Carmine Caputo (Caputo Group Chairman) & Sergio Miccu (APN. Neapolitan Pizza Maker Association)

Great thanks to Korea & special thanks to the Chef’s Food Team for all their support. See you in September in Napoli for the Caputo Cup 2019 In ternational Final!

VIVA LA PIZZA!!!

Published by Salvatore Cuomo

Salvatore Cuomo was born in Naples, Italy, in 1972, son of an Italian father and Japanese mother. Cuomo was first inspired by his father who also was an Italian Chef in Naples. He began at the young age of 11, where he trained himself in the kitchen and traveled frequently between Italy and Japan. He gradually learned how to blend the traditional Italian art of cooking with the Japanese art of perfection. A few years later he traveled to Japan with his father who opened an Italian restaurant in Chiba in 1984. About those early years Salvatore told the press that it wasn't a good starting experience: "I didn’t like Japan at all, so after one year, I went back to Italy and spent 2–3 years studying at a culinary school. When I was 18, I returned to Japan after my father became terminally ill and I have been here ever since."[3] Cuomo said that Italian Cuisine was just starting to get popular in those days. He and his two brothers decided that in order to succeed in the restaurant business in Japan they would have to understand the Japanese food mentality. They spent a couple of years researching the market before opening a new restaurant in Tokyo with what Cuomo calls "Original Neapolitan pizza." Since that time, Cuomo has been credited with catapulting Neapolitan pizza to fame in Japan, and today in all Asia with over 100 restaurant.

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