Please note our special trading times over the Festive season. To see our trading times please visit our contact page.
Please note our special trading times over the Festive season. To see our trading times please visit our contact page.
Not in Italy… but at Villa San Giovanni. our unmistakable signature dough, combining a traditional preferment with a living liquid sourdough culture known in Italy as licoli. Once mixed, each dough ball is left to mature for more than 72 hours, creating a pizza that is remarkably light, wonderfully flavourful and highly digestible. The result brings together the light, airy crust of Naples with the refined thinness of Rome. It’s not quite Neapolitan. It’s not quite Roman. It’s something wonderfully in between. After 45 years of serving Italian-inspired cuisine, we believe it’s one of the most exciting chapters in our story.
It’s Time. Great pizza simply cannot be rushed.
Every batch of our VSG Love Child™ Dough begins with our living madre before spending more than 72 hours slowly developing flavour, texture and character. That slow fermentation creates a dough that’s beautifully aromatic, naturally light and full of depth. Good dough takes time. Great dough rewards patience.
Our signature dough is inspired by the traditional Italian art of natural fermentation.
Using our living madre, together with a carefully balanced recipe and more than 72 hours of slow maturation, allows the dough to develop remarkable flavour, delicate texture and exceptional character. The result is a pizza with a crisp, elegant base, a beautifully airy crust and a depth of flavour that simply cannot be rushed. Many of our guests tell us they find it noticeably lighter and easier to enjoy than conventional pizza dough.
Every pizza begins exactly the same way. By hand. Our distinctive style never passes through a dough sheeter. Instead, every dough ball is gently opened by hand by our pizzaioli, preserving the natural air bubbles created during fermentation. Each pizza is then stretched on a bed of re-milled durum wheat semolina. Unlike 00 flour, which can scorch at the high temperatures required for artisan pizza, semolina withstands the heat while creating a delicate barrier between the dough and the oven floor. The result is a beautifully crisp base and the golden, lightly blistered cornicione (the raised outer crust) that makes every VSG Love Child™ pizza unique. No shortcuts. No compromises. Just craftsmanship.
Our signature style features a beautifully puffed artisan border surrounding a thin, crisp centre. That golden edge isn’t simply crust. It’s where 72 hours of flavour lives.
Light. Airy. Fragrant. Packed with character. Give it a chance. We think you’ll fall in love.
Most of our guests have embraced The VSG Love Child™, but we know pizza is personal. If you prefer a flatter, more traditional finish, simply ask your server for our Thin Style. We’ll gently roll the very same hand-crafted dough a little thinner, giving you the style you enjoy while preserving everything developed during its 72-hour fermentation. Whichever style you choose, you’re still enjoying the very same premium dough, hand crafted fresh every day at Villa San Giovanni.
