Pizza Festival

Pizza takes center stage in the Daunian Mountains village

The Pizza Festival is a food and wine event celebrating the iconic product of Italian cuisine in Troia, in the province of Foggia. Established in 2025, the festival takes place in the scenic Piazza Episcopio, the monumental heart of the village, dominated by the Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and its extraordinary eleven-spoke Rose Window, a unique masterpiece of Apulian Romanesque sculpture.

An event blending taste and community

Promoted by the Municipality of Troia together with the Passione Pizza association, the Pizza Festival transforms the historic center into a large open-air laboratory of taste. Professional ovens lit in the square, food and wine stands, tasting trails, and show cooking sessions accompany the public through evenings of great participation. In the first edition, approximately 3,000 pizzas were baked in just two evenings, attracting thousands of residents, visitors, and tourists.

The Passione Pizza Championship

The technical heart of the event is the competition that brings together dozens of professional master pizza makers from all over Italy, led by the experience of the Passione Pizza association and its founder, the pizza chef Antonio Scapicchio, a multiple award-winner at the World Pizza Championships. The trials are divided into various categories—from Classic to Neapolitan, from Pala (peel) to Alternative and Dessert proposals—with a qualified jury evaluating dough, baking, taste, and presentation.

Beyond the competition: workshops and families

The festival also dedicates ample space to children and families, with show cooking and educational activities involving local schools, introducing children and teenagers to the secrets of dough, ingredients, and preparation techniques. It is a way to combine the promotion of an artisanal craft with an educational and community dimension.

Part of the Troian Summer program

The Pizza Festival is one of the key events of the Troian Summer, the rich summer calendar that brings over sixty events to Troia between July and September, ranging from music, theater, and culture to food, wine, sports, and popular traditions. Alongside the Wheat Festival, the Wine Festival, and the Troia Theater Festival, the festival dedicated to pizza confirms the Daunian village's commitment to hospitality and the promotion of local excellence in one of the most fascinating corners of inland Puglia.