PARIS, September 9, 2020 -- Get to know Thierry Broussard, owner of Via Roma, the best pizza in Paris.

Name: Thierry Broussard

Age: 52

Birthplace: Born in Paris, family from Charente Maritime

Occupation: Chef and Owner of Via Roma

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When and where did you open your first restaurant?   

We opened our restaurant in 2013 at 56 Rue des Dames, Paris, 17.

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How did you learn how to make pizza?

It is an innate gift. Joke. I have always loved cooking. I am self-taught. My learning happened quite naturally.

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Do you have an Italian family that influenced your cooking?   

Great, God, no!!!! I am Charentais (from Charente-Maritime) and proud. (So ​​French, btw.)

Our dough and our products are Italian but the majority of our recipes are French-inspired. We have no limits. We can make pizzas with cauliflower, leek, apples, pears...

[Who are] some of your famous customers who love your pizza?  

Leila Bekhti, Olivier Rousteing-Balmain, Samuel Le Bihan.

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Have you named a pizza after them? 

No (also very French, btw).

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Why is the truffle cream pizza the best pizza I have ever had in my life? 

It is a perfect marriage between the sweetness of the mushroom and the subtlety of the aromas of the truffle as well as a lot of love. We invented it in 2009.

Craziest pizza request from a weird customer? 

A sardine pizza.

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Can you tell me about some of the wines you have and how much roughly?  

Our red wines: Montepietroso (Sicily) 15 € per bottle (This is so good with the truffle cream pizza, oh la la). Montepietroso is sweet and it will not alter the taste of the truffle. Or a Rosé dell Estate (Venice) 16 €.

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Who is your wonderful staff? 

My team since 2009. Clémentine and Natacha… I met [them] and we became a family.

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During confinement I walked Val (mon dachshund) past your restaurant and it was closed. Why didn’t you offer delivery? 

For the safety of my employees, money is one thing, safety is another. (???? Verklempt!)

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Tell me how confinement affected your business?   

It put our business at risk. The confinement wiped out eight years of hard butter. We have resumed our activity since May 1st and we only make 50 percent of our turnover.

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