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Published: 17th April 2025

Easter Feasting with a Valoriani Wood-Fired Pizza Oven

A Valoriani wood-fired pizza oven doesn’t just exist so that you can rustle up perfect wood-fired gourmet pizzas at home - it’s also a versatile tool in which to cook a full Easter feast. This Easter, why not go beyond the usual, and use your Valoriani wood-fired pizza oven to prepare a menu…

Getting Your Valoriani Wood-Fired Oven Ready for Spring

As spring really starts to blossom, it’s time to bring your wood-fired oven out of hibernation. After months of disuse, your oven may needs a little check-up, before it’s ready to fire up again. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to get your wood-fired pizza oven back into action for a season…

Preston Pizza Oven Pioneer Launches New Oven

An outdoor garden oven standing apart from any other pizza oven on the market, and with a fantastic introductory price-point, is the brand-new offering from wood-fired pizza oven pioneer, Orchard Ovens, this summer. The Preston-based business, which was the first to introduce wood-fired pizza…

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Serving guests dining al fresco around a Valoriani wood-fired oven.

Sea bass, ready to be cooked in a Valoriani wood-fired oven.

Guests arriving for some al fresco dining courtesy of a Valoriani wood-fired oven, as seen in the background.

Roasted lamb cooked in a Valoriani woodfired oven. Perfect for Easter or any other time during the year.

A Valoriani Fornino pizza oven with a mosaic finish - one of the bespoke options available.

The Jenga-style arrangement of kindling that is so useful when firing up a Valoriani wood-fired oven or pizza oven.

Preparation for an outdoor dining feast using a Valoriani wood-fired oven.

Pizza oven pioneer, Andrew Manciocchi, checks the flame inside the new Orchard Ovens Fornino 50 pizza oven, new for 2025.

A build-your-own pizza oven from a Valoriani kit supplied by Orchard Ovens.

Families bonding over pizza making in a UK garden and with an Orchard Ovens supplied Valoriani pizza oven

Boy loading pizza into an Orchard Ovens supplied Valoriani Fornino pizza oven, in a UK garden.

A Valoriani oven being manufactured in the Valoriani factory in Reggello, Tuscany, Italy.

Oven components being manufactured in the Valoriani factory in Reggello, Tuscany, Italy.

Oven components in the Valoriani factory in Reggello, Tuscany, Italy.

The new Fornino 50 oven from Orchard Ovens, excelling through longevity and the unique feature of a top-of-the-range Valoriani floor that can be removed and used inside a standard internal oven.

Family pizza nights can become more affordable and fun, if families invest in one of the new Fornino 50 ovens from Orchard Ovens.

Lamb Romana cooked in the Valoriani woodfired oven by the team at Orchard Ovens

Lentils Nonna cooked in a Valoriani woodfired oven by the team at Orchard Ovens

Lamb Romana cooked in the woodfired oven by Orchard Ovens

The food hall at Mercato Centrale in Rome, close to Termini rail station.

A DIY pizza oven build underway, with a Valoriani build-your-own pizza oven kit from Orchard Ovens.

Valoriani ovens, as supplied in the UK by Orchard Ovens, in Mercato Centrale, Rome

Stefano dell'Oso, owner of Stefano's Italian Pizzeria in Harrogate, with partner, Sally

Array of spices on spoons, which could easily be used in dishes cooked in an Orchard Ovens-supplied Valoriani oven in the UK.

Typical Italian restaurant and pizzeria displaying Italian signs and pizza boxes.

View of Naples and the colourful city from above.

Margherita pizza - the pizza that has a brilliant backstory in Naples.

Rugby ball sitting on a rugby field ready for play.

Andrew Manciocchi, founder and director of Orchard Ovens, based in Preston b

A Valoriani commercial woodfired pizza oven in a pub garden environment

A Valoriani wood fired pizza oven, supplied by Orchard Ovens, in Jamie Oliver's Fifteen restaurant.

A commercial wood fired Valoriani pizza oven, supplied by Orchard Ovens, in a fast food retail environment/takeaway operation.

A Valoriani woodfired pizza oven in a commercial Italian pizzeria environment

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