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Here are the winners from the 2008 America's Plate competition:

  • Jarmo Valtari1st Place: Finland
     
  • Contestant:
    Jarmo Valtari
    Koti Pizza
    Vaasa, Finland
     
  • Pizza: "Reindeer Pizza" with Fazer Rye crust, tomato sauce and cream cheese; topped with reindeer meat, local mushroom and onion.
  • Carmine Mauro2nd Place: Italy
     
  • Contestant:
    Carmine Mauro
    Starite a Materdei
    Naples, Italy
     
  • Pizza: "Pizza Positano" with imported "oo" flour from Naples; Italian peeled tomatoes; fresh calamari, mussels, shrimp and clams; cherry tomatoes and extra-virgin olive oil
  • Brandon Farrell3rd Place: Australia
     
  • Contestant:
    Brandon Farrell
    Stone's Pizza
    North Perth, Australia
     
  • Pizza: "Sweet Tina" with an herb and wholemeal base topped with goat's milk garlic butter, a sprinkling of mozzarella, whiskey caramelized shallots, marinated artichoke hearts, char-grilled melenzane, roasted sweet potato, double-smoked bacon and finished with fontina cheese and a garnishing of edible flowers and snipped chives
  • Miguel AlvesFinalist: China
     
  • Contestant:
    Miguel Alves
    Pizzeria Calzone
    Dongguan City, China
     
  • Pizza: "Vincitora" ("the winner pizza") with tomato Neapolitan sauce, aged mozzarella bufala, aged Italian salami, sauteed mushrooms, Yorkshire smoked ham and fresh sweet basil on a thin Sicilian crust
  • David Smith IIFinalist: United States
     
  • Contestant:
    David Smith II
    Pizza Palace Plus
    Emporium, PA
     
  • Pizza: "Cajun Chicken Pizza" with hand-tossed dough; homemade Cajun sauce and a blend of grated mozzarella and provolone; baked and marinated chicken breat drenched in Cajun sauce; bacon; diced celery; imported blend of Romano and Parmesan sprinkled on top with oregano; and a final pianting of garlic butter on the crust and drizzle of blue cheese after it came out of the oven

Last Updated 04.30.08