Stefano was privileged to grow up in a very strong culture of Italian cuisine. He attributes his culinary skills to his beloved grandmother (Nonna) who was a ‘capocuocca’ (master chef). Mamma Estersita Revello, taught Stefano to make different pasta shapes, hundreds of sauces, pizzas and cook everything else from the tender age of 7

You don't need to fly anywhere for a taste of italy! The Trattoria Stefano restaurants in Nelspruit and White River not only offer good Italian food, but are kitted out in Itlian style. The owners, Stefano and Elena have even reconstructed a mini-colosseum for a touch of authenticity.

Here at Trattoria Stefano, Stefano, the "pizzaiolo"(pizzamaker), is passionate about creating the perfect pizza, as he is about mkingthe other Italian dishes. He prepares the pizza base by spinning the pizza ball into a round disc by hand to stretch it and gathers more air into the dough.

When you use a rolling pin, you squash the air out and it changes the whole pizza. That is why we have only one size pizza, 30 cm. You cannot spin a smaller size pizza ball.

It issa too difficult to spin small balls ..in Italy we gotta big hands!