A new Edinburgh pizzeria has underlined its growing reputation for serving some of the best pizza around after being named finalists in three categories in the 2024 Scottish Italian Awards.
Pronto, based in Portobello, won through in the Best Pizza, Best Pizzeria and Best Newcomer categories – with the voting all down to its customers.
Reaching the finalist stage is only possible after customers voted for their favourite eatery via a dedicated Vote Form on the Scottish Italian Awards website.
Pronto owner Michael Notarangelo said: “We have the best customers and their votes and loyalty mean the world to us.
“To be nominated in not one but three categories – with Pronto only being open for six months – is incredible.
“But win or lose, we will still continue with our focus to serve up the best and most authentic pizzas possible every day.”
Pronto, based in Brighton Place in the heart of Portobello opened in April and has become a firm favourite among locals and visitors to the area – winning huge praise for its pizzas made with the best Italian-imported ingredients.
To launch Pronto, Michael combined detailed research to find the best ingredients from across Italy, exhaustive trials to perfect the dough, and evoked childhood memories of his Italian heritage.
Michael said while there are plenty of pizza places in Edinburgh, his goal – stemming from a love of pizza that started on holidays to his family home in southern Italy – has been to make Pronto as near as authentic as you’d find in Naples.
Judges will now visit and scrutinise each finalist before the winners are announced in December.
Stephen Rafferty is a former crime correspondent at The Scotsman and was a staff reporter for the Daily Record and Edinburgh Evening News. He has freelanced for many of the Scottish and UK national newspaper titles. Got a story? Get in touch - stephen@theedinburghreporter.co.uk
