Restaurants around Britain should be looking into a wood-fired oven as the basis of a new takeaway business, as coronavirus has exposed the catering sector’s over-dependence on dine-in trade and one income source. These

Summer 2020 started with a big boom in sales of commercial Valoriani wood-fired ovens, as pubs, restaurants and cafes with outdoor areas sought to offer dining options in line with social distancing regulations, as

Valoriani wood-fired ovens are authentic Italian wood ovens, made by the Valoriani family and their employees at their factory in Reggello in Tuscany, where generations of workmanship and know-how go into crafting what is

Wood ovens have been used by bread bakers for very many centuries. India has its tandoor ovens, in use there since 2600 BC. The Babylonians, Egyptians and Israelites made flatbreads, until starving Egyptians accidentally

If you dive into the world of Tuscan cuisine, you will quickly discover statements like “Tuscans love to grill” and a plethora of recipes which demonstrate what it is that they love to put

Revered chef Gordon Ramsay has recently concocted a breakfast pizza that we might test out and rustle up in our wood-fired or gas-fired pizza ovens, had we not got some better things to cook

The August Bank Holiday in the UK is looming but, for Italians, the highlight of summer celebration – Ferragosto – is just around the corner.  Saturday, August 15, will see wood-fired pizza ovens lit

Astute beer garden operators and restaurant owners have been using woodfired pizza ovens to pull in the punters and boost their covers, business growth and profit margins for a few years now, but Covid-19

Extend Your Hospitality Season Outdoors Battling Covid Impacts the Pizza Oven Way Covid-19 has thrown up all sorts of challenges for the UK hospitality and tourism sectors, particularly as much of the traditional ‘season’

Inspired by – Italian Pizza Champion Michele Croccia – Salerno Please Note: All measurements are as quoted by Michele with conversions from metric to imperial (UK) and vice versa in brackets () where required.

Easter 2020 will be like no other and will be a sombre affair for many. Whilst we understand the emotions people in the UK will be going through, we also have a Valoriani oven

One of the highlights of the wood-fired oven calendar, National Pizza Day, takes place on a Sunday this year, making it an ideal opportunity, on February 9, to get together with friends and enjoy

Veganuary 2020 – the annual celebration of veganism that sees thousands of Brits give up meat and dairy in January – has recently come to an end. Despite this being just a month-long dietary

New Year’s Eve in Italy is a really big deal. Unsurprisingly, given Italy’s love of food, celebrations are centred around eating and focus on gathering friends and family around the table, so all can

Cooking with wood is more versatile than you might think. Usually, when cooking, the best woods to use are dry hardwoods such as oak, maple and ash, but if you want to inject some

If you fancy yourself a bit of an architect and love a home design project, why not make 2020 the year in which you put together garden design plans that incorporate a superb Valoriani

When it comes to Christmas it’s not just presents that bring the family together, but also food, so why not make use of your Fornino baby oven, or larger wood-fired garden oven to show

Valoriani wood-fired ovens are versatile cooking appliances, whether you are a home cook or a top chef aiming to follow in the steps of Valoriani owners such as Jamie Oliver or the River Café’s

The world of wood-fired pizza is absolutely topping. What was a relatively humble dish – a dough base carrying often just a tomato sauce and cheese for many – has been transformed by both

The sun’s out, so Prosecco anyone? How about a slice of pizza cooked the traditional and authentic Italian way, in a first-class Valoriani wood-fired oven? It’s definitely the hottest trend for outdoor living and,

The team at Valoriani UK is delighted to learn that one of our customers has turned dedicated ‘pizzathlete’ and is heading to Naples this week, seeking to bag gold for his Suffolk town of

Pop-up dining is on the increase with more hospitality businesses than ever choosing to make the most of the summer months by creating a new food offering for their customers. To support this growing

In 1946 the Italian republic was born. It marks the day the Italian people voted to abolish the monarchy and it’s now written in the country’s constitution that there will never be a monarch

Few meals beat the taste of a wood-fired pizza so if you’re in the market for upgrading or revamping your kitchen, why not consider the Valoriani Fornino Cucina UK 60 as an addition to

Americans around the globe are gearing up to celebrate their Independence Day on July 4, which has been a national paid holiday since 1938 – and what better way to celebrate than with an

Pizza oven specialist, Valoriani UK, has launched a new restaurant-grade oven into the UK market, and one that is a first for its Tuscan masters. To tick the boxes of chefs in a wide

With Ferrari engines roaring to the front of F1 grids again and young Leclerc making headlines, Valoriani UK is urging Brits to put the same emphasis on speed when it comes to their wood-fired

If you have a father who loves to cook outdoors and who has really gone the extra mile for you over the years, why not buy him much more than a pinny this Father’s

On Saturday February 9, Preston-based pizza oven supplier, Valoriani UK will be celebrating National Pizza Day by launching its new nationwide initiative, ‘Random Acts of Kindling Day’, at The Foxton Centre in Preston.  

Many homeowners and commercial enterprises wanting the ultimate wood-fired pizza oven this Christmas are typically unaware that our Fornino Al Fresco 60 and Fornino Al Fresco 75 wood ovens come in a choice of

Typically, when you hear the words ‘wood fired oven’ you usually associate them with the perfectly cooked, authentic-tasting pizza we are all so fond of when dining in the Mediterranean. However, wood fired ovens

Think pizza is all you can cook in a wood-fired oven? Well, if you use your imagination (and our recipe) you can not only cook something different, but also engineer a little bit of

Valoriani UK is delighted to hear that one of its wood-fired oven customers – Oakfired at The Royal Oak in Beccles, Suffolk – has become only the third restaurant in the UK to have

Valoriani UK – the Rolls-Royce of wood-fired pizza oven manufacturers – has launched a second and larger version of its hugely popular wood-fired baby ‘starter’ oven, the Fornino, and can hardly keep up with

To round-off October’s national Pizza Month, artisan-built pizza oven supplier, Valoriani UK, has  launched a corporate social responsibility-focused initiative that will see the USA’s National Pizza Day become the UK’s ‘Random Acts of Kindling

Things to do in Milan When you think of Milan your thoughts immediately turn to fashion and Haute couture, a city full of “the beautiful people” dressed immaculately as they go about their daily

There are loads of good things to say about Verace wood-fired and gas-fired pizza ovens by Valoriani. They are technologically advanced, have a unique patented recycling heat system (RHS) that provides uniformity of heat

Restaurants, cafés and homeowners buying a Valoriani wood-fired pizza oven sometimes struggle with some of the terminology around them, so here are a few pointers that may just help.   ‘OO’ or ‘Doppio Zero’

Valoriani UK, suppliers of Italy’s finest wood-fired pizza ovens, has stepped in to reduce the anguish of all those UK pizzeria owners who have been robbed of any World Cup joy – and possibly

We were extremely proud when one of our Valoriani owners – Blackpool-based eatery ‘Italio’ – became the first winner of a ‘Woody’ – an award created by restaurant wood and charcoal supplier, Logs Direct,

The team here at Valoriani UK are delighted with a feature article in this month’s glossy lifestyle magazine, Lancashire Life, which runs under the title of ‘Preston’s Pizza Pioneer’. The article, in the Spring

It’s about more than wood fired oven aesthetics! This is a question that we are frequently asked by our customers, often because they feel the aesthetics of a wood fired oven look better without

Love playing Jenga?  Well, if you do, you’ll probably be a dab hand at lighting a wood-fired oven.  The process of lighting a wood-fired oven is something people can worry about, but once you’ve

You’ve seen wood-fired ovens whilst enjoying your travels in Europe and you may even enjoy the food theatre that cooking with a wood oven creates in your local pizzeria, but how does a wood

What is it that distinguishes the best wood-fired oven? This is a question every wood oven buyer, domestic or commercial, needs to ask when seeking one out, but there’s a lot of noise out

Valoriani customers always want to know where to get the ‘best’ wood for their pizza oven.  Our first response, when dealing with their query is always very simple.  The best wood for your wood-fired

1) You will need to build a base with a 15cm THICK concrete slab for the oven to sit on. This base will help to carry the weight of the oven, raise it to

There are two stages to master when it comes to getting going with your wood oven, if you’re going to cook what it’s most associated with – the scrumptious delight that is pizza.  Quite