Danbury Chef and Restaurant Owner Competes in International Pizza Championship in Las Vegas

This coming March the city of Las Vegas, one of the most alive and upbeat cities of the United States, will host the biggest pizza championship on the planet, featuring the best pizza makers in the world and one of them is Ridgefield and Danbury restaurant owner, Junio Filgueira. He is going to compete at the "International Pizza Expo", a great culinary event that has turned into a tradition.

Mr. Filgueira, 42 years old, was born in the town of Anapolis located in the State of Goias, Brazil. As a chef, his specialty is Italian cuisine. He is known to be one of the best pizza makers in the State of Connecticut according to his restaurant's clients. He owns and operates Tivoli Pizza and Trattoria located in the city of Danbury, CT and soon to open Brick House in Ridgefield. The buzz in the Greater Danbury area is that his pizza dough has a very special touch in texture and flavor.

Mr. Filgueira was awarded the 19th place in a national championship that took place in Atlantic City last October. After this accomplishment, he has earned one of the very few slots to compete in the most prestigious championships in the industry in Las Vegas.

This is the same championship where the best and most known worldwide names in culinary including Antonio Langone, Tony Germignani from California, and Michael LaMarca from Ohio.

"It's interesting for our community to know how great it is to have a local chef in the same championship as the best chefs in the world. We are very proud to have him representing not only our country (Brazil) but also a city of the United States. It's simply fantastic", said Rose Prado, a client of Tivoli.

The award-winning chef began his career 25 years ago, as a kitchen helper at a restaurant located in Greenwich, CT. Throughout the years, he has learned some magic touches and how to make his very special pizza dough with the greatest Italian chefs. All this experience made him the owner and operator of one of the most well known and cherished Italian restaurants in the Danbury area.

It is very impressive for clients, friends and Tivoli's pizza lovers to have Mr. Filgueira competing internationally, representing Connecticut, Danbury and Brazil all at once. It's really an honor.

Mr. Filgueira would like to thank his clients and friends for all their infinite support that made possible for him to get to this very crucial moment in his career.

Tivoli Pizza is located in the city of Danbury and has everything you find in one of the best Italian restaurants in Manhattan. Excellent wines and drinks, a cozy and romantic atmosphere, a unique menu with delicious pasta dishes, salads, Italian, American and Brazilian pizzas. They also offer live music that will play Brazilian tunes on special occasions such as Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and more.


Tivoli is at 79 Newtown Rd. Danbury. Tel: (203) 748 4821. Sister restaurant, Brick House is set to open this spring at 632 Danbury Road in Ridgefield.

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Submitted by New Milford, CT

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