Genova Pesto World Championship

Sergio Muto is the winner of the fourth edition of the Genoa Pesto World Championship! He’s 58 years old, born in Cosenza (Calabria, Italy) and living in Germany since 1976 where he manages a delicatessen. After winning a Pesto preliminary competition in Stuttgart in 2008, for several years  he has specialized in the mortar made pesto,  so he actually gives courses on that in Germany.

The "Palatifini Cartoons" contest award, held on Saturday, March 17 on the occasion of the Fourth Genoa Pesto World Championship, was attended by the Belgian Constantin Sunnerberg winner of  the"Pesto Genovese" theme, Vladimir Kazanevsky from Ukraine, winner of the "Food" theme, Marco De Angelis, journalist and cartoonist for La Repubblica , winner of the "City of Genoa" Prize and the mentioned by the jury Markus Grolik from Monaco of Bavaria, and Marilena Nardi, a professional cartoonist .

On the occasion of the Fourth Genoa Pesto World Championship Chefs from Genova Gourmet -  the quality mark of the Chamber of Commerce of Genoa that identifies and guarantees the best restaurants - were the protagonists of Pesto Gran Gala which was held in the evening on Saturday 17 March in the splendid Hall of Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa. Chefs have presented guests a selection of dishes, between tradition and innovation, to fall in love with Liguria. The evening was attended, among others, by the winner of IV Genoa Pesto World Championship Sergio Muto and the winners of international humorous contest "Palatifini Cartoons".

The 100 competitors who challenged each other on Saturday 17 March for the title of World Champion were all very good at preparing the pesto and some of them confessed to having trained a lot, to the delight of their diners! But as in all competitions, the best wins! To know the top 10 finalists and the chart of the 100 competitors by group click here.