The world’s best pizza chain has been crowned for 2025 – and it has two restaurants in London

When it comes to pizza chains, everyone has their favourite. Are you a Pizza Express die hard, collecting all the rewards on the app? Is Franco Manca your go-to? Or are you more of a Pizza Pilgrims person? Wherever your loyalties lie, ’za heads will probably be interested to hear that the world’s top 10 pizza chains have been crowned by the 50 Top Pizza guide. Lucky for us cheese and tomato loving Londoners, four of them have outposts right here in the capital. 

Claiming the top spot globally was Da Michele, which was crowned the winner at a ceremony at ExCeL London on Thursday, November 27. The Italian chain – full name L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele – was founded in Naples in 1870; it now has 70 outposts worldwide and two in London, slinging proper Neapolitan pies at Baker Street and Soho (Old Compton St). 

Coming in second globally was the Big Mamma Group. The European chain known for its larger than life restaurants with OTT décor has six locations in London: Barbarella, Gloria, Ave Mario, Jacuzzi, Carlotta and Circolo Popolare. 

Sixth place in the global ranking went to the British chain Pizza Pilgrims. Founded in London in 2012, the chain new serves Neapolitan pizzas from 10 different London outposts, with restaurants in Shoreditch, Oxford Street and King’s Cross. 

Berberè, created by Italian brothers Salvatore and Matteo Aloe, ranked 7th in the world. It’s known for its slow-fermented sourdough bases and has four London outposts in Tottenham Court Road, Marylebone, Kentish Town and Clapham. 

The curators of the new ranking – Barbara Guerra, Luciano Pignataro, and Albert Sapere – said: ‘We are very proud of the artisanal chains guide, because over the years we have witnessed a constantly growing movement not only in numbers, but above all in quality. Artisanal craftsmanship combined with solid business organisation has created a true revolution in the pizza world.’

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