«If you don’t fit there is no soul, it becomes a chain. And in 2025 I have a lot of things to do.” Enzo Cocciaaward-winning master and ambassador in the world of Neapolitan pizza, let the guys from Vico Pizza&Wine in Rome (among the new Tre Spicchi in the Pizzerie d’Italia 2025 guide) walk alone. It will no longer be a partner of the Roman brand of the De Angelis family but will remain so in Capri, where Vico is open from May to October in the La Residenza hotel, also owned by the De Angelis.
The big project in the United States
Enzo Coccia, born in 1962, heir to a dynasty of pizza makers and with headquarters in Naples (the historic Notizia di via Caravaggio and Notizia 94, renovated not many months ago, both awarded with Tre Spicchi in the Pizzerie 2025 guide) has an agenda full of travel and commitments in 2025. «On March 30th we leave with the kids for the United States to a big project that I can’t talk about in detail yet. We will be in Washington, Maryland, North Carolina, but there won’t be another News, it will be a consultancy and training service. Furthermore, from January we will begin to define the structure and destination of the building we have in Massa Lubrense, in via Pontone 1, a stone’s throw from the Iaccarinos (i.e. from Don Alfonso 1890, ndr). There will be catering and rooms but everything is yet to be seen” says the master, chosen by Stanley Tucci as the representative of Neapolitan pizza in the CNN program Searching for Italywhich won a statuette at the Emmy Awards in 2021. «It all started from there. They saw us and called us.”
What changes at Vico Pizza&Wine in Rome
However, the collaboration with the De Angelis family will not be interrupted, which began in 2023 with the opening in the capital in Piazza Rondanini. «We remain on excellent terms, we have worked very well and achieved important results in a short time, for example the Three Segments. I wish my students all the best, but now they will have to walk alone, roll up their sleeves and work hard: it is one thing to have assiduous control, daily input, constant “breathing down your neck”, and another to stand on your own two feet. But I’m sure they will make it.”
Vico’s new life in Rome starts again from Ciro De VincenzoEnzo’s first pizza chef in the Capitoline restaurant. «A young boy with the hunger of someone who wants to become someone and who, in addition to talent and the pursuit of quality in the wake of the great tradition, of the absolute rigor of the procedures, also has a contemporary vision of the pizza world where cuisine and pizzeria meet» declares Antonio Palumbo, of the De Angelis family, young entrepreneur, creator and driving force behind Vico from the beginning. «In Ciro we found those intuitions, that spark that pushes him to look for a new figure, new combinations that make the difference and capable of making Vico an absolutely special pizzeria. With the enthusiasm for the future and the certainty of Ciro’s abilities, not only am I completely confident that the quality will remain at the levels achieved and that we will continue to consolidate our commitment to excellence in the wake of continuity, but I know that this new stage it represents for us the opportunity to innovate and face new challenges.” And here too there are several new developments in the pipeline.
Vico Pizza&Wine – Rome – p.zza Rondanini, 47 – 06 87809501 – vicopizzaandwine.com
Vico Pizza&Wine – Capri (NA) – via F. Serena, 22 – 081 8370833
