An international pizza awarding body just crowned the 50 best pizza places in the Asia-Pacific region, and three of them are homegrown restaurants in the Philippines. 50 Top Pizza is an Italy-based, international awarding body that serves as a guide to the best pizza places all around the world.
The awarding body sends curators to different pizza places all over the world and chooses which ones deserve to be part of the yearly list.
For the Asia-Pacific category, three local pizzerias bagged the 35th, 15th, and 10th spots on the list. In 35th place is Wild Flour Italian, in 15th place is A Mano, and the 10th spot belongs to Crosta Pizzeria.
These restaurants were also on the list last year with Wild Flour ranking at number 48, A Mano at number 38, and Crosta at number 32. This year’s results showed an improvement for all the restaurants, but most notably for Crosta, who landed on this year’s top 10.
Taking the top spot on the list is Japan’s The Pizza Bar on 38th, which is where Crosta’s current head chef, Yuichi Ito, worked prior to taking on his current position. The restaurant has also been recognized by the Michelin Guide and was the recipient of the most prestigious award for pizzerias by Gambero Rosso.
Congratulations to this year’s winners, and we’re hoping to see more local pizzerias on the list next year.