{"id":369,"date":"2020-05-28T19:21:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T19:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laleggendapizzeria.com\/?page_id=369"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:32:49","slug":"la-leyenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laleggendapizzeria.com\/es\/la-leggenda\/","title":{"rendered":"La Leyenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n<p>ONE FAMILY. <br \/>TWO CHAMPIONS. <br \/>ONE LEGGENDA.<\/p>\n<\/h1>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span>Before La Leggenda was a restaurant, it was a nickname.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span>Before it was a nickname, there was Giovanni.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span>And behind Giovanni, beside him for more than 30 years, there was Loredana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is their story.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cKeep moving forward and never stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<footer>\n<p>                <cite>Giovanni Gagliardi, The Legend.<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Giovanni-e-Loredana-La-Leggenda-Pizzeria.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2>GIOVANNI GAGLIARDI<\/h2>\n<h2>WHY THEY CALLED HIM \u201cLA LEGGENDA\u201d<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Giovanni Gagliardi comes from San Felice a Cancello in Campania, Italy, and from a family in which pizza was more than a profession.<\/p>\n<p>It was something passed from one generation to another.<\/p>\n<p>He began working with pizza when he was young, developing a personal way of handling and kneading the dough that eventually earned him a nickname among those around him:<\/p>\n<p>La Leggenda. The Legend.<\/p>\n<p>The name stayed.<\/p>\n<p>So did the obsession.<\/p>\n<p>Years of work led Giovanni into competitions, kitchens and pizzerias around the world, culminating in his victory in the Pizza Napoletana STG category at the 2012 World Pizza Championship.<\/p>\n<p>But another city was waiting for him.<\/p>\n<p>Miami.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>FROM CAMPANIA TO MIAMI BEACH<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The warmth. The noise. The people. The constant movement.<\/p>\n<p>Miami felt strangely familiar.<\/p>\n<p>And in 2017, La Leggenda found its home at 224 Espa\u00f1ola Way in Miami Beach.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant was never designed to imitate Naples.<\/p>\n<p>It did not need to.<\/p>\n<p>Naples was already in the dough, in the recipes, in the oven, in the voices behind the counter and in the way guests were welcomed to the table.<\/p>\n<p>Miami supplied everything else.<\/p>\n<p>The result became something entirely its own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>LOREDANA PASSARIELLO<\/h2>\n<h2>THE OTHER HALF OF THE LEGEND<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>For decades, Loredana Passariello worked side by side with Giovanni, helping build the family, the business and the restaurant while Giovanni accumulated international recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Then Giovanni stepped away from competition.<\/p>\n<p>Loredana stepped forward.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2026, she entered the Neapolitan Division of the International Pizza Challenge at the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Her pizza was a Marinara.<\/p>\n<p>No cheese.<\/p>\n<p>No extravagant toppings.<\/p>\n<p>San Marzano tomatoes, fresh garlic, oregano, extra virgin olive oil and the dough she knew so well.<\/p>\n<p>She won.<\/p>\n<p>Loredana finished first in the Neapolitan Division and became the only woman to qualify for the 2026 Pizza Maker of the Year competition.<\/p>\n<p>After more than 30 years together, La Leggenda now had two champions.<\/p>\n<p>And perhaps the most beautiful part of the story is that Loredana&#8217;s winning Marinara was not invented for Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>It was already being served in Miami Beach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC01102-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>DSC01102 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FullSizeRender-12.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>FullSizeRender 12<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FullSizeRender-10.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>FullSizeRender 10<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A little bit of Hystory<\/h2>\n<h2>We are what we came from.<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-14-12-27-20-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>PHOTO-2026-08-14-12-27-20 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-14-12-00-20-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>PHOTO-2026-08-14-12-00-20 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-14-12-01-19-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>PHOTO-2026-08-14-12-01-19 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8248-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>IMG_8248 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8246-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>IMG_8246 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8247-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>IMG_8247 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8251-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>IMG_8251 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8252-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>IMG_8252 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8253-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>IMG_8253 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8244-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>IMG_8244 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8245-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>IMG_8245 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8237-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>IMG_8237 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>AWARDS &amp; RECOGNITION<\/h2>\n<h2>We are proud of every award. <br \/>We are even prouder that people still walk through the door hungry.<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/12787877.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>12787877<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BOM18-Static-Cling-FINAL-1024x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Basic RGB<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Campionato-Mondiale-del-pizzaiuolo-2019-XVIII-Trofeo-Caputo.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Campionato-Mondiale-del-pizzaiuolo-2019-XVIII-Trofeo-Caputo<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Download-Guinness-World-Record-Logo-PNG.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Download-Guinness-World-Record-Logo-PNG<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PizzaExpoTop.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>PizzaExpoTop<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>unnamed<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/chef.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>awards giovanni gagliardi la leggenda 1<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/awards-giovanni-gagliardi-la-leggenda-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>awards giovanni gagliardi la leggenda 1<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/awards-giovanni-gagliardi-la-leggenda-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>awards giovanni gagliardi la leggenda 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/awards-giovanni-gagliardi-la-leggenda-3.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>awards giovanni gagliardi la leggenda 3<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/awards-giovanni-gagliardi-la-leggenda-4.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>awards giovanni gagliardi la leggenda 4<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/awards-giovanni-gagliardi-la-leggenda-5.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>awards giovanni gagliardi la leggenda 5<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/awards-giovanni-gagliardi-la-leggenda-6.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>awards giovanni gagliardi la leggenda 6<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/awards-giovanni-gagliardi-la-leggenda-7.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>awards giovanni gagliardi la leggenda 7<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/awards-giovanni-gagliardi-la-leggenda-8.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>awards giovanni gagliardi la leggenda 8<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/awards-giovanni-gagliardi-la-leggenda-9.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>awards giovanni gagliardi la leggenda 9<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/awards-giovanni-gagliardi-la-leggenda-10.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>awards giovanni gagliardi la leggenda 10<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>SELECTED MILESTONES<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong><span>2012<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span>Giovanni Gagliardi<\/span><br \/><span>World Championship, Pizza Napoletana STG Category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong><span>2018<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span>La Leggenda Pizzeria<\/span><br \/><span>Miami New Times, Best of Miami: <\/span><strong><span>Best Pizza<\/span><\/strong><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong><span>2022<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span>50 Top Pizza USA: <\/span><strong><span>No. 8<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span>50 Top Pizza World: <\/span><strong><span>No. 36<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span>Performance of the Year Award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong><span>2024<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span>50 Top Pizza USA: <\/span><strong><span>No. 9<\/span><\/strong><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong><span>2025<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span>50 Top Pizza USA: <\/span><strong><span>No. 10<\/span><\/strong><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong><span>2026<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span>50 Top Pizza USA: <\/span><strong><span>No. 11<\/span><\/strong><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>2026<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span>Loredana Passariello<\/span><br \/><span>International Pizza Challenge: <\/span><strong><span>1st Place, Neapolitan Division<\/span><\/strong><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" 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that word travels very far.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, athletes, international soccer players, actors, singers, entertainers, chefs and personalities from around the world have found their way to La Leggenda.<\/p>\n<p>There is no velvet rope here.<\/p>\n<p>No special pizza for famous people.<\/p>\n<p>Only the same oven, the same ingredients and the same hospitality we offer everyone who walks through our door.<\/p>\n<p>Because at La Leggenda, there is only one real celebrity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The pizza.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c594288c-0c9b-4da3-bd07-269371b97616-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>c594288c-0c9b-4da3-bd07-269371b97616<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FullSizeRender-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>FullSizeRender 2<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FullSizeRender-5.jpg\" 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\/>ONE LEGGENDA.<\/p>\n\n\",\"image_align\":\"left\",\"image_margin\":\"xsmall\",\"text_align\":\"center\",\"title_color\":\"background\",\"title_decoration\":\"line\",\"title_element\":\"h1\",\"title_style\":\"heading-small\"}},{\"type\":\"divider\",\"props\":{\"divider_element\":\"hr\",\"divider_style\":\"vertical\"}},{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p class=\\\"isSelectedEnd\\\"><span>Before La Leggenda was a restaurant, it was a nickname.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\\n\n\n<p class=\\\"isSelectedEnd\\\"><span>Before it was a nickname, there was Giovanni.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\\n\n\n<p class=\\\"isSelectedEnd\\\"><span>And behind Giovanni, beside him for more than 30 years, there was Loredana.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\\n\n\n<p><span>This is their 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