Mangieri, Richer Place in Top 10 at The Best Pizza Awards 2026

• Fifteen U.S. pizza makers are honored on an international stage at The Best Pizza Awards held in Milan.
• Awards celebrate Anthony Mangieri of Una Pizza Napoletana as Pizza Icon for his relentless dedication.
• Floriana Pastore of Las Vegas-based Signora Pizza receives special honor for Best Street Pizza.

New York City is top location for best pizza makers in the U.S., according to Best Pizza Awards

Anthony Mangieri of New York City-based Una Pizza Napoletana and Dan Richer of Razza in New Jersey are among the world’s top 10 pizzaioli, according to The Best Pizza Awards held Wednesday evening at Studio Novanta in Milan, Italy. The U.S.-based duo rank No. 7 and No. 10, respectively, in the awards, which select the 100 top pizza makers from around the world.

“The Best Pizza Awards are built on credibility and chefs-first values,” says emcee and Milan-based actress and singer Federica Morra. “We gather for one night dedicated to a single, beautiful idea: legacy and future – honoring those who shape this craft and celebrating those who will redefine it.”

Pizza Icon Award: Anthony Mangieri of Una Pizza Napoletana

Mangieri receives special recognition as the 2026 Pizza Icon, with Morra calling his dedication “a near monastic devotion that took a craft, stripped to its essentials, all the way to the top of the world.”

Accepting the award, Mangieri – who makes a special appearance on the 300^th episode of The Hot Slice podcast by Pizza Today – says, “If there is anything I have given to this craft or industry over 30 years, I hope it’s really just showing that dedicating your life to your work and really, really staying connected to the work every day has value.”

Best Street Pizza: Floriana Pastore of Signora Pizza

Floriana Pastore, owner of Las Vegas-based Signora Pizza is one of only two Americans to receive a special award during the ceremony: She wins the honor for Best Street Pizza over fellow pizzaioli from across the globe.

Presenting the honor, Morra calls Pastore “unmistakably authentic, impossible to ignore. A signora who brought a piece of Italy to the desert lights.” She adds that the awards are “judged by a global panel of culinary experts mirroring the standards of the Best Chef Awards – a fair, rigorous process that rewards true merit, authenticity, creativity and consistency.”

U.S.-based Winners

A total of 15 U.S. pizza makers are in the 2026 cadre of top pizzaioli on The Best Pizza Awards’ international stage. The list contains many names familiar to Pizza Today readers. The magazine selected Razza, for example, as the 2021 Pizzeria of the Year.

Wylie Dufresne of Stretch Pizza, meanwhile, gave a keynote at Pizza Expo 2026, where Giorgia Caporuscio of Don Antonio offered a demonstration with longtime Pizza Today and Pizza Expo advisor Tony Gemignani.

Chris Decker of Truly Pizza writes On Deck, a monthly column in the pages of Pizza Today magazine, which named Marisol Doyle a Pizza Trendsetter earlier this year.

The U.S.-based winners rank as follows:

7. Anthony Mangieri: Una Pizza Napoletana, New York, New York, USA
8. Dan Richer: Razza Pizza Artigianale – Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
9. Mark Iacono: Lucali – New York, New York, USA
10. Wylie Dufresne: Stretch Pizza – New York, New York, USA
11. Chris Decker: Truly Pizza – Dana Point, California, USA
12. Giorgia Caporuscio: Don Antonio – New York, New York, USA
13. Tony Gemignani: Tony’s Pizza Napoletana – San Francisco, California, USA
14. Javier Ramirez: La Natural – Miami, Florida, USA
15. Marisol Doyle: Leña Pizza + Bagels – Cleveland, Mississippi, USA
16. Massimo La Veglia: L’Industrie Pizzeria – New York, New York, USA
17. William Sang Woo Joo: Pizzeria Sei – Los Angeles, California, USA
18. Jake Serebnick and Julian Geldmacher: Ceres – New York, New York, USA
19. Juan Gabriel Perez: Posto – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
20. Justin de Leon: Apollonia’s Pizzeria – Los Angeles, California, USA

Special Honors

Recipients of special awards from around the globe include pizza makers from Belgium to Japan. The list is as follows:

Best Pizza NextGen: Luca Fabozzi: Licoli – Antwerp, Belgium

Best Pizza Margherita: Francesco Granata: Napul’é Italian Comfort Food & Wine – Vari, Greece

Best Fried Pizza: Enzo, Salvatore and Crístiano Piccirillo: La Masadona – Naples, Italy

Best Pastry Pizza: Franceso Pompetti: Impastatori Pompetti – Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy

Best Street Pizza: Floriana Pastore: Signora Pizza – Las Vegas, Nevada

Best Pizza Social Media: Jorge Sastre and Rafa Panatieri: Sartoria Panatieri – Barcelona, Spain

Best Pizza Experience: Francesco Capece: Confine – Milan, Italy

Best Pizza Food Art: Amalia Costantini: Mater – Fiano Romano, Italy

Best Pizza Identity: Yuki Motokura: Pizza Marumo – Tokyo, Japan

Best Pizza Icon: Anthony Mangieri: Una Pizza Napoletana – New York, New York, USA

Honorary President of the Best Pizza Awards: Franco Pepe: Pepe in Grani – Caiazzo, Italy

Best Pizzaioli Around the World

The full list of the 100 best pizza makers – including pizzaioli from across the globe – is as follows:

1. Francesco Martucci: I Masanielli – Casserta, Italy
2. Roberto Davanzo: Bob Alchimia a Spicchi – Montepaone, Italy
3. Francesco Capece: Confine – Milan, Italy
4. Daniele Cason: The Pizza Bar on 38^th – Tokyo, Japan
5. Gabriele Bonici: Pizzarium – Rome, Italy
6. Jorge Sastre and Rafa Panatieri: Sartoria Panatieri – Barcelona, Spain
7. Anthony Mangieri: Una Pizza Napoletana, New York, New York, USA
8. Jacopo Mercuro: 180 Grammi Pizzeria Romana – Rome, Italy
9. Amalia Costantini: Mater – Fiano Romano, Italy
10. Dan Richer: Razza Pizza Artigianale – Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
11. Simone Padoan: I TIgli – San Bonifacio, Italy
12. Raffaele Bonetta: Raf Bonetta Pizzeria – Pozzuoli, Italy
13. Pier Daniele Seu: TAC-Thin and Crunchy – Rome, Italy
14. Yuki Motokura: Pizza Marumo – Tokyo, Japan
15. Luca Pezzetta: Clementina – Fiumicino, Italy
16. Francesco Granata: Napul’é Italian Comfort Food & Wine – Vari, Greece
17. Ciccio Vitiello: Cambia-Menti – Caserta, Italy
18. Tsubasa Tamaki: Pizza Studio Tamaki – Tokyo, Japan
19. Yuichi Ito: Bianca Omakase – Niseko, Japan
20. Roberta Esposito: La Contrada – Aversa, Italy
21. Sandro Cubeddu: RE|MI – Sassari, Italy
22. Mark Iacono: Lucali – New York, New York, USA
23. Enzo Coccia: La Notizia – Naples, Italy
24. Cristian Santomauro: L’Ammaccata Antica Pizza del Cliento – Casal Velino, Italy
25. Sasà Martucci: Sasà Martucci Pizzeria I Masanielli – Caserta, Italy
26. Massimiliano Prete: Sestogusto – Turin, Italy
27. Angelo Rumolo: Le Grotticelle – Caggiano, Italy
28. Wylie Dufresne: Stretch Pizza – New York, New York, USA
29. Adriana Lerma: Pizza Félix – Mexico City, Mexico
30. Vincenzo Onnembo: nNea Pizza – Amsterdam, Netherlands
31. Antonio Pappalardo: La Cascina dei Sapori – Rezzato, Italy
32. Chris Decker: Truly Pizza – Dana Point, California, USA
33. Carl McCluskey: Crisp Pizza W6 – London, England
34. Giorgia Caporuscio: Don Antonio – New York, New York
35. Tony Gemignani: Tony’s Pizza Napoletana – San Francisco, California, USA
36. Salvatore Fiata: Fiata by Salvatore Fiata – Hong Kong
37. Luca Mastracci: Luca! Pizza e Fritti di Luca Mastracci – Frosinone, Italy
38. Eloi Torrent: Gasparic – Santa Pau, Spain
39. Ivano Veccia: Lisola Restaurant – Ischia, Italy
40. Javier Ramirez: La Natural – Miami, Florida
41. Antonio Cavoto: Mangia Pizza – Amsterdam, Netherlands
42. Dani Branca: Soffio Pizzeria – São Paulo, Brazil
43. Ciro Tutino: Bro. Ciro e Antonio Tutino – Naples, Italy
44. Jose Antonio Errante: Antonio’s Pizza Napoletana – Caracas, Venezuela
45. Franco Kalifon: Kalis Pizza – Buenos Aires, Argentina
46. Marco Carboni: Pizzeria della Madonna – Mexico City, Mexico
47. Francesco Calò: Avenida Calò – Rome, Italy
48. Marisol Doyle: Leña Pizza + Bagels – Cleveland, Mississippi, USA
49. Gioel Demaio: Demaio – Bilbao, Spain
50. Vincenzo Abbate: VincenzoAbbate Lab – Naples, Italy
51. Fellipe Zanuto: A Pizza da Mooca – São Paulo, Brazil
52. Massimo La Veglia: L’Industrie Pizzeria – New York, New York, USA
53. Francesco and Federico de Maria: I Vesuviani – Casello di Cisterna, Italy
54. William Sang Woo Joo: Pizzeria Sei – Los Angeles, California, USA
55. Matheus Ramos: QT Pizza Bar – São Paulo, Brazil
56. Daisuke Nakamura: Bacar – Okinawa, Japan
57. Jake Serebnick and Julian Geldmacher: Ceres – New York, New York, USA
58. Marco Carlesso and Leonardo Carrero: Pizza Verace – Panama City, Panama
59. Ryan Baddeley: Pizzeria Badiali – Toronto, Canada
60. Mauro Colagreco and Paulo Corsi: La PecoraNegra – Menton, France
61. Davide di Chio: Alterego Pizza Boutique – Andria, Italy
62. Nils Saubes: L’Aperó – Guatemala City, Guatemala
63. Roberta de Sario: Falcone – Hong Kong
64. Cristiano Taurisano: Luppolo & Farina – Latiano, Italy
65. Enzo Bastelli: Basta Pizzeria – Nola, Italy
66. Michele Volpicella: Winther Aker Brygge – Oslo, Norway
67. Dejan Parun: Tramontana – Novi Sad, Serbia
68. Enzo, Salvatore and Cristiano Piccirillo: La Masardona – Naples, Italy
69. Isabella De Cham: Pizza Fritta – Naples, Italy
70. Jonathan Redoblando and Erick Marron: A Mano – Makati, Philippines
71. Juan Gabriel Perez: Posto – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
72. Paolo Salvo and Daniele Salvo: Bottega – Shanghai, China
73. Ted Tanwa and Paolo Vitaletti: Peppina – Bangkok, Thailand
74. Andrea Godi: GIGI Vera Pizza – Lecce, Italy
75. Giuseppe Oliva: Surt – Copenhagen, Denmark
76. Justin de Leon: Apollonia’s Pizzeria – Los Angeles, California, USA
77. Luca Fabozzi: Licoli – Antwerp, Belgium
78. Pedro Siqueria: Sìsì – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
79. Duda Ferreira: Lupita Pizzaria – Lisbon, Portugal
80. Carmine Tangredi: Fortezza Pizzerí – Bogotá, Colombia
81. Daniele Campana: Campana12 – Corigliano, Italy
82. Michele “Mike” Fernando: Massilia Italian Restaurant – Bangkok, Thailand
83. André Guidon: Leggera Pizza Napoletana – São Paulo, Brazil
84. Davide Argentino: Forbici – Manchester, England
85. Antonio Miscellaneo: La Bottega Enoteca – Singapore
86. Nanu Youttananukorn: Maru Maru Pizza – Bangkok, Thailand
87. Franceso Pompetti: Impastatori Pompetti – Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy
88. Francis Peña: Casa Gazcue – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
89. Sofia Paba, Magdalena Perria and Daniela Tola: Locanda Sa Matracca – Cagliari, Italy
90. Pablo Kuilboer and Alexander Guaita – Salumeria Gardens – St. Julian’s, Malta
91. Antonio Brancato: ANTO Pizza e Apertitivi – Singapore
92. Cédric Toullec: Lou Pécou – Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada)
93. Alessandro Ruver: Ruver Teglia Frazionata – Rome, Italy
94. Filippo and Giorgio Sorce: Pizzeria Sitári – Agrigento, Italy
95. Diego Olivera Rios: Indio Pizza – Lima, Peru
96. Juan Cárcamo: La Clásica – Santa Tecla, El Salvador
97. Susy Di Cosimo: Pizzeria da Susy – Gurugram, India
98. Andrea Dalla Chiara: Andrea Style – Taipei City , Taiwan
99. Francesco Miranda: Màdia Pizzeria – Salerno, Italy
100. Renzo Àngeles: Masa Sobre Mesa – Lima, Peru

KATE LAVIN is Senior Editor of Pizza Today.