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OUR STORY
I Love Panzerotti is a brand founded in 2019 with the mission of exporting one of Italy’s most loved foods: Panzerotto Pugliese. It was born as a crowdfunding campaign among 150 Italian friends including many from Puglia and panzerotta makers! We opened our first three stores in New York, then in Florida and Italy.
Our doughs are made from certified Apulian flours of re-milled wheat germ semolina, EVO oil and mother yeast to obtain maximum digestibility and richness in nutrients. Our products are an expression of the search for the highest quality in all ingredients. A delight for the palate, which is difficult to resist… one leads to the other.
The recipe with tomato and mozzarella is the classic one but the Panzerotti are very versatile and we offer them in many different combinations, including sweet options such as Nutella and S’more!
ILP also has a charitable vocation: every panzerotto sold guarantees a daily meal for a needy child thanks to our collaboration with Mary’s Meals, an international charity that currently supports over 2.5 million children daily.
Rigorosamente
Handmade
We Conquered New York
Before the Pandemic!
Why Hide It?
We opened three panzerottorie in New York City and found enormous success with critics and the public!
The New York Times, Eater, Caterpillar, La Voce di NY, Gambero Rosso, Ansa and TG2 have talked about us with a report on Eat Parade! Il Sole 24 Ore, Millionaire and many others. We were also asked to bear witness to our history in the Vatican during the Caritas in Veritate symposium as an example of an ethical enterprise in support of those in need. They asked us to talk about ourselves even in the Chamber of Deputies!
Unfortunately the pandemic forced us to close but we have resumed business since 2023, opening in Florida and Italy!
Apulia in Our Hearts
I Love Panzerotti was born in the heart of Manhattan but founded by Italians including many from Puglia and famous panzerotti makers who joined their forces and experiences to create the best panzerotti ever produced in the history of humanity.
In addition to panzerotti we offer a long series of typical Apulian specialties including the famous Rustici, Pucce, Pasticciotti Leccesi, Focacce Baresi and much more!
In Our Hearts Also Children in Need
Many of the members of I Love Panzerotti are active supporters of Mary’s Meals.
We have been active for 20 years and every day we support 2.5 million children with a daily meal at schools.
The concept is simple: bring children back to school in places of absolute poverty where they don’t go due to lack of food. We set up the kitchens, find volunteers and through donations we buy the ingredients locally ensuring that there is the right nutritional intake.
Having food and being able to go to school is the simplest and most direct way to attack the vicious chain of poverty. We now have endless stories of social redemption born from Mary’s Meals.
As many as 93% of donations reach children in the form of food and only 7% is used to support the organization, made up of tens of thousands of volunteers and very few employees.
Each panzerotto or other product you buy at I Love Panzerotti supports a child in need! Thank you on behalf of the children too!
For more information: www.marysmeals.org
