Yesterday, Sunday, June 8, the streets of Leichhardt, the Italian neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, have been "invaded by the pizza." Costa Cruises, in fact, celebrated his 60th birthday, surpassing the record, officially certified by Guinness World Records, the longest line of pizza in the world. The event was
Norton Street, Leichhardt's main street where all shops are concentrated, and Italian restaurants, transformed into a single, long table covered with freshly baked 826 pizzas for a total of 221 meters, exactly the length of Costa Classic, one of 12 ships in the Costa fleet that from March 2009 will be located in the Far East for cruises departing from Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Tianjin. A new exclusive, Costa Cruises has proposed first in the world since the summer of 2006 with the ship Costa Allegra.
The pizza show "by Costa Cruises took place from early morning at 13.00 (local time) in conjunction with the" Viva Leichhardt Festival ", one of the highlights of the Sydney Italian Festival, a festival dedicated to the Australian" made in Italy ". Ben 25 local chefs who contributed to this pizza record, using more than 500 kg of flour, 250 liters of tomato sauce and 350 kilograms of mozzarella. The pizzas were baked by the chef to bring on a long table set up Norton Street aboard a scooter "for sale".
Once the "Guinness World Record", the pizza was donated to the charity foundation "OzHarvest" engaged in the distribution of free food to people in need in the city of Sydney. She was also a fundraiser for the Variety Club of Australia, one of the main groupings for the Australian Children, which helped Costa Cruises, which has donated $ 10 Australian per meter of pizza, and the hundreds of spectators who attended the event, for a total of more than 5,000 Australian dollars.
Gianni Onorato, general manager of Costa Cruises, said: "The Guinness Book of Records is an imaginative and original way to celebrate our 60 year history, we are happy to have shared with the local community. Australia is an important market for our company, up from year to year. Participation in this event is a further confirmation of how Costa Cruises is a symbol of Made in Italy known throughout the world, just like pizza, and we are proud to have brought this record in Italy. "
The previous record of line pizza longest was established about three weeks ago in Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S. by Scott Van Duzer and his team. The celebration of the day Leichhardt to include, in addition to the record of Costa pizza, street performances, children's activities and the chance to win a Costa cruise for two in Asia for a total of 10,000 Australian dollars. Via
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