{"id":538660,"date":"2026-07-08T04:59:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/538660\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T04:59:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:59:31","slug":"this-roman-thinks-youre-paying-too-much-for-pizza-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/538660\/","title":{"rendered":"This Roman thinks you\u2019re paying too much for pizza – News"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Rome, it’s not surprising to pay \u20ac5 for an individual size margarita pizza. In Ireland, you\u2019re looking at at least double, if not triple that.<\/p>\n

Davide Chiarenza thinks this is ridiculous. He runs the takeaway pizza joint in Phoenix Yard alongside his girlfriend, Ali Deeley.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old Roman opened Angelo\u2019s pizzeria in April this year and sells a 12-inch Margherita pizza for \u20ac6.90.<\/p>\n

Davide believes that the high cost of pizza in Ireland is artificially inflated. He said: \u201cPizza is just flour, water, oil, tomato sauce and cheese \u2013 you know how much these cost.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Davide showed the Waterford News & Star a recent invoice from one of his suppliers. He pays \u20ac164 for 20 kilograms of mozzarella cheese.<\/p>\n

\"SpanishSpanish tourists Luis and David enjoy slices of pizza.<\/p>\n

Davide estimates that by working as a chef for his own business, he saves between \u20ac50,000 and \u20ac60,000 per year. He said: \u201cI understand why you pay \u20ac12 for pizza \u2013 so the boss can stay at home with his laptop. You don\u2019t pay \u20ac12 for a pizza, you just pay for his days off.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

He says that for them a margarita pizza costs less than two euros. This is excluding all overheads. And Davide is not skimping on ingredients either \u2013 the flour, mozzarella, and tomato sauce are all from Italy and his chicken and vegetables are 100% Irish.<\/p>\n

Davide worked as a pizza chef for Italy\u2019s largest pizza by the slice chain, Alice. He was taught by pizza \u2018maestro\u2019 Luca Lughini. What makes his pizza unique is that Davide uses a Roman base (which includes olive oil) but serves his pizza in the round, Neapolitan style \u2013 Roman pizzas are traditionally square.<\/p>\n

\"AliAli Deeley, manager of Angelo’s Pizza<\/p>\n

Davide is clear that he has no problem with the quality of pizza in Ireland, he said: \u201cI didn\u2019t move to Ireland to complain about pizza, I know we\u2019re not in Italy but the price \u2013 we need to do something about that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In fact, it was the weather that inspired his move to the Emerald Isle. \u201cIn Italy, from April to September, it is impossible to work in a kitchen,\u201d because of the heat.<\/p>\n

He first moved to Kildare in 2023, where he worked as a barista in Newbridge Shopping Centre to improve his English.<\/p>\n

He now thinks he has found his home in Waterford \u2013 he is particularly fond of having a few pints with fellow food truck chefs in neighbouring Tully\u2019s.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI really like the community, especially on this street. We see the same people every day. Everyone is friends, especially after a couple of pints.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Davide is an ambitious man and wants to open \u201cmore honest pizza places in Ireland\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He told the News & Star that he is opening a second premises early in August in a \u201cprestigious location\u201d, although he wouldn\u2019t reveal exactly where it will be; it will almost certainly be a takeaway spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to hire waiters,\u201d Davide said.<\/p>\n

When the Waterford News & Star heads over to the Phoenix Yard to meet Davide, we bump into Luis and David \u2013 two Spaniards and massive Glen Hansard fans. After going to his gig in Dublin the night before, they stopped off in Waterford on their way to Cork.<\/p>\n

They order two slices: a meat feast and chicken and mushroom, both of which are eaten in a matter of minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Their review? \u201cAs good as the pizza in Italy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Rome, it’s not surprising to pay \u20ac5 for an individual size margarita pizza. In Ireland, you\u2019re looking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-538660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}