These cousins are making authentic wood-fired pizzas from a back garden in Bolton

Three cousins have teamed up to make and deliver authentic wood-fired pizzas from a back garden in Bolton.

I never thought I’d use the words Bolton and ‘authentic wood-fired pizzas’ in the same sentence, but these lads are truly pulling out all the stops.

Conor, Callum and Dino were all born and bred in Bolton but, during last year’s pandemic, they decided to get back in touch with their Italian heritage in the form of pizza making.

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It also helps that their grandad – who moved to Bolton from Italy in the 1960s – actually opened up one of the city’s first ever Italian restaurants, Salvatore’s, which is now Casa Nostra in Westhoughton.

So you could say this pizza-making business is in their blood.

Anyway, because they had nothing else to do with their time – you know, when the whole country was locked down and that – the trio took advantage of their auntie’s garden and hand built their very own stone pizza oven.

Their grandad had a huge impact on their culinary influences, and their love of pizza combined with their new pizza oven encouraged them to begin an official takeaway business in January.

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And thus, Cugini – translated to ‘cousin’ – was born.

Their toppings vary, ranging from pepperoni to more adventurous additions such as nduya. Though they have blended their two heritages with a special patatine pizza – loosely translated to ‘chips on pizza,’ and their ‘sausage and spuds’ pizza. It doesn’t get any more Bolton than that, does it? 

Cugini opens every Saturday and has proven to be a hit with locals, with their pizzas selling out every single week. To keep things simple, the boys take their orders via direct message on Facebook and Instagram. 

You can book your slot in the links above.