Obs restaurant crowned top pizzeria in SA

Staff Reporter|Published 2 years ago

Fernando’s Pizzeria owner Diego Milesi gives a thumbs-up after the restaurant was named the top pizzeria in the country.

Fernando’s Pizzeria in Observatory was voted the top pizzeria in the country in this year’s Porcupine Ridge Pizzeria Challenge.

The announcement was made on Friday November 11.

The runner-up was Gino’s in Johannesburg, which won last year’s competition, while Bardelli’s Restaurant in Kenilworth took third place.

The colourful and quirky restaurant, run by Italian Diego Milesi and his late partner Kiki Bisogno, beat out strong competition to take the title.

Ms Bisogno died tragically in September in a shark attack at Plettenberg Bay’s central beach while on holiday with her partner and daughter (“Community mourns loss of Kiki,” Southern Suburbs Tatler, September 29).

For achieving top spot, Ferdinando’s receives a winner’s pizza paddle, Porcupine Ridge wine for a year and promotional materials to the value of R25 000.

Bardelli’s Restaurant staff displaying their third-place pizza paddle. From left, are Happy Mishaya, Caydon Hawkins with his father and owner, Grant Hawkins, and Christina Ngcambu.