Legendary Pizza Masters Headline Italian Fundraiser June 25

On June 25 at the newly opened L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele, celebrated chefs and Smiling Pizza Project founding partners, the legendary Chris Bianco (Pizzeria Bianco, AZ), Jonathan Goldsmith (Spacca Napoli Pizzeria, Chicago), and Steve Samson (Rossoblu, LA) will join forces with the renowned da Michele team, Pizzaiolo Michele Rubini and Executive Chef Antonio Giordano, with host/producer Francesco Zimone for an eight-course charity dinner at da Michele Hollywood. Proceeds from the dinner will be donated to A Place Called Home provides a safe, nurturing environment with proven programs in arts, education and wellness for the young people in South Central Los Angeles to help them improve their economic conditions and develop healthy, fulfilling and purposeful lives. They serve youth ages eight to mid-twenties.

For one night only, guests can have the famed pizzas from each chef, accompanied with appetizers and small plates from da Michele and wine. The Smiling Pizza Project will give kids from underprivileged families an inside look into the hospitality and culinary world by learning the art of cooking and/or pizza making, as well as the management field by making them aware of opportunities to earn a career in operation, front and back of the house, customer service, and general practices of a restaurant establishment.

The goal of this dinner is a donation of at least $30,000 for the fiscal 2019 year.

WHERE:   L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele, 1534 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA 90028

WHEN:  Tuesday, June 25 with seatings from 5:30-8 p.m. and 8:30-11 p.m.

COST:  Tickets are $200, available via EventBrite or by calling the restaurant, L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele,  323-366-2408

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ABOUT L’ANTICA PIZZERIA DA MICHELE

World renowned Italian Neapolitan pizzeria L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele debuts in Hollywood as its first U.S. location. The historic pizzeria is also known for its big-screen debut in the film “Eat Pray Love.” L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele is in the space which once held Hollywood’s beloved Café Des Artistes and will serve traditional Neapolitan pizza, using the same recipes and importing the same ingredients used at its origin restaurant. Inspired by Italian courtyards, which serve as central gathering points for locals, guests who visit the all-new L’Antica Pizzeria Da Michele are seated in “il cortile” the restaurant’s quintessential Hollywood garden—surrounded by lush greenery—where they can view pizzas being prepared in L’Antica Pizzeria Da Michele’s signature stone oven. Designed by Owner Francesco Zimone, the atmosphere is classic Italian meets modern Californian décor with blue and white tiles adorning the walls, and natural wood and Baltic stone incorporated throughout the terrace and interior.

ABOUT A PLACE CALLED HOME

A Place Called Home (APCH) provides a safe, nurturing environment with proven programs in arts, education, and wellness for the young people in South Central Los Angeles to help them improve their economic conditions and develop healthy, fulfilling and purposeful lives. Since its founding in 1993, APCH has directly served more than 20,000 youth members through its core school day, after school and summer programming, and over 150,000 local residents through family and supportive services including food, clothing, and holiday toy distribution, counseling, voter education, and community organizing. For more information, visit apch.org.