Restaurant
Farina
Sergio Maglione, a pizza chef from Naples, opened Farina in 2014 after co-owning Toto Restaurant; in 2016 it became one of only three AVPN-certified pizzerias in New Zealand. The restaurant's own terrace still carries steel-and-glass tables left over from when it served Toto's pizza by the metre, before switching to the current Neapolitan format at the end of 2015.
Why it is here
Sergio Maglione, a pizza chef from Naples, opened Farina in 2014 after co-owning Toto Restaurant; in 2016 it became one of only three AVPN-certified pizzerias in New Zealand. The restaurant's own terrace still carries steel-and-glass tables left over from when it served Toto's pizza by the metre, before switching to the current Neapolitan format at the end of 2015.
What we looked at
AVPN certified 2016, member number 592, one of three certified pizzerias in New Zealand at the timeFounder trained as a pizza chef in NaplesWood-fired Neapolitan pizzaFormerly served Toto's pizza by the metre, until end of 2015