National Pizza Day 2023: Talking about fast food and not taking the name of pizza, cannot happen. It is one of the favourite fast food, which is loved by everyone from children to elders. To give a party to friends, to celebrate a birthday, eating pizza seems to be the best option, there are many varieties of it, which people like to eat very fondly. In today's time, pizza has become a special dish for every human being. Every year today On the same day i.e. 9th February is celebrated as National Pizza Day.
This day was started by Naples in the 10th century. Different flavours and tastes of pizza are celebrated on this day. You will be surprised to know that there is not only one day in the year on which Pizza is celebrated but there are many other days like National Pepperoni Pizza Day, National Cheese Pizza Day, National Dish Pizza Day, etc. The taste of pizza is celebrated,
How pizza was invented
Pizza was invented in the city of Italy in the 18th century, in those days, dates, vegetables and small pieces of meat were put on a large flatbread and cooked in a clay oven. When King Umberto the First and Queen Margherita of Italy visited Naples, they asked the people there to create something new to eat, then Rafael Esposito was called who was famous for making the most delicious pizza of that time prepared three pizzas for the queen
In all three pizzas made by Rafael Esposito, the Queen found it very tasty to eat pizza prepared with tomato cheese and lots of toppings, after which she named it Margherita Pizza. By the end of the 19th century, pizza started running well from Spain to England, France and America. In 1905, the first restaurant in New York City to serve pizza opened Lambardi's. In the late 1960s, two brothers named Tom and James started a pizza fast home delivery service named Dominic's, whose name was changed from Dominic's in 1965 to Domino's, which has now become a well-known name, today sales In case it is the number one pizza chain in the world with 16000 stars
When did pizza come to India
Pizza first reached Greece, Italy, and America and reached India in 1996 after travelling through all these countries. 18th June was the day when Pizza was brought to India. Pizza Hut, the second most famous company in the pizza market, is the company that introduced the taste of pizza to the Indian people for the first time. The company opened its first outlet in India in Bengaluru. At the same time, the first outlet of Domino's Pizza was opened in Delhi in 1996, although in 2009 the name of the company was changed to Jubilant Food Works Limited. Now this company makes Domino's Pizza in India. There are more than 1000 Domino's restaurants in India.