Authentic Italian Pizza Restaurant in Earlsfield, Wandsorth, South West London

We grew up in Naples where the pizza originated from. We decided to a open a friendly Neapolitan restaurant in Earlsfield, Wandsworth, which is exactly like the original pizza restaurants in Naples. We did, and keep doing everything in the same way like in Napoli and now we believe that we are among the best and most authentic Neapolitan Pizzerias & Restaurants, not only in South West London but the whole of London – we explain why:

We use high quality authentic Italian ingredients with D.O.P. certificates. Most of them are from Campania, the region where Naples is.

We follow the original recipes and keep our dishes authentic Neapolitan – except our signature Figli del Vesuvio pizza which is our own specialty, served in our South West London restaurant.

We bake our pizzas in our traditional Napolitano style wood fired oven built of lava stone from Mount Vesuvius. Yes, from the vulcan by the Bay of Naples right on your doorstep in Wandsworth, South West London.

We pay attention to details creating the typical Napolitano mood with specific interior design and playing authentic Italian oldies music. Dolce Vita!

As a reward for our ambitions to quality and authenticity TimeOut London magazine featured us as one of the best restaurants for pizza in London, all in your local restaurant in Wandsworth. We won the 3rd place just weeks after our opening in South West London. See the full toplist here and their review of our restaurant here.

NOI SIAMO I FIGLI DEL VESUVIO - WE ARE THE SONS OF VESUVIUS

FIGLI DEL VESUVIO is created by two young Neapolitans who met in London in 2008/2009: Fabio Iermano and Guglielmo (William) Lausi.

Fabio is a guy of 30 years old who loved and was very keen to make the pizza from its 15 years, following step by step the advice of one of the best pizza makers in Naples: Antonio Esposito, today is one of the most talented and established pizza makers in London and the preferred and chosen by the master of Italian cuisine in London: Gino di Campo, who chose to take it with him to a show on television.

William a guy of 35 years old who by chance after entering as a dishwasher in one of the most famous Italian restaurants in London was chosen by the employer to replace the chef who was absent, after a few months of passionate and hard work as a chef with success his delicious tomato sauce was awarded and published by the local newspaper as one of the most delicious tomato sauce in London. With the opening of the small but full of passion restaurant and pizzeria “FIGLI DEL VESUVIO” the two intend to bring the best of Italian, specially Neapolitan cuisine in London with its all specialities and divine flavours.

From hard bread baked on the stone at the taverns of Naples, to the conquest of the world and the world records, the fascinating journey of a dish born poor and increasingly rich history of ingredients and tastes and glory.

The word “pizza” comes from the Latin. The first pizza was created in Gaeta in 997 AD.

There are today many pizzas with different ingredients but the pizza Margherita is in many authentic Italian flag. According to tradition, in 1889, 28 years after the unification of Italy, during a visit to Naples Queen Margherita of Savoy, wife of King Umberto I, the chef Raffaele Esposito of Pizzeria Brandi and his wife created a pizza he remembered the colours of the Italian flag, red (tomato), white (mozzarella) and green (basil). In honor of the Queen they called it Pizza Margherita.

Whatever the true origins of this pizza, what we know for sure is that the version of Raffaele Esposito to Queen Margaret was the one that made it popular. Since then his reputation has grown to become one of the most recognisable symbols of the Italian food culture in the world.