Pepe in Grani is: pizza, research and hospitality.
This is the phrase Franco Pepe uses to describe his pizzeria, a combination of tradition and innovation.
Tradition because we must never forget the past so that we do not lose the “know-how of man,” as the master and pizza maker himself tells us during the interview.
Innovation, on the other hand, because preserving the past is very important but one must not remain chained to it, taking care to constantly follow the advance of society so as not to be out of place.
An interview that traces the entire history of Franco Pepe, but in general the evolution that pizza has gone hrough all these years.

Interiew by: Jacopo Palumbo
Video by: Federico Giannini, Valentino Esposito e Emmanuel Guidetti
Video Editing by: Valentino Esposito
Document by: Federico Giannini, Valentino Esposito e Jacopo Palumbo
Subtitle ita/eng by: Federico Giannini e Emmanuel Guidetti
Translation by: Federico Giannini
MedEatResarch – Center of Social Research on the Mediterranean Diet of the University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa, head by Marino Niola and Elisabetta Moro
Realized: 19/04/2024

Franco Pepe

Franco Pepe

Year: 18/07/1963
City: Caiazzo (CE)
Profession: Chef and pizza maker
Language: Italian

Video table of contents

The path and challenges of Franco Pepe 00:31
The evolution of pizza according to Franco Pepe 01:42
Stefano Pepe: the father who inspired his son 03:05
Franco Pepe's secret: the hand kneading 04:00
The debunking of the false myth 05:35
Franco Pepe's philosophy 11:11
Dreams in the drawer and goals not yet achieved 12:42
The experience with Alain Ducasse 14:24
Franco Pepe's pizza of the heart 17:49
The teacher's advice for students 18:54,
Greetings and Thanksgiving 21:06.

Geographic information

Country: IT
Region: Campania
Città: Caserta, Caiazzo
Altitude: 200 m s.l.m.

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