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Hungarian baker 22nd at the PizzaExpo in the USA
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The 34th PizzaExpo took place in Nevada, the USA last week. At the Pizza Challenge, that is part of the Expo, Hungarian Szabolcs Szabadfi also took part. He is a handcraft baker and pizza master. Sokszinuvidek.24.hu writes about the event and Szabi’s success.
The competition
At the competition, there were five categories in total: Traditional, Non-traditional, Pan, Pizza Napoletana, and Gluten-Free. Szabi entered the competition in the non-traditional category with his leavened pizza. This vegetarian food included green tomatoes, black garlic, pumpkin stripes marinated with orange, chilli, baby carrots, and basil caviar among others.
He stated:
“This pizza had a mission. I only used organic vegetables from the garden and cheese. My pasta had been made for three days with leaven. I wanted it to blow up and be filled with air, and I succeeded. I was happy when the speaker acknowledged that my pizza tasted light and fresh. According to him, my pizza was the freshest of that day.”
Out of more than 200 competitors, Szabi ended up in the 22nd place. The most interesting fact about this competition is, however, that only American, Italian, and Japanese people came before him. Therefore,
