World's best pizza comes from Australia, not Italy!

Washington: The world's best pizza may not be from its country of origin, but from Australia.

Judges at last weekend's Campionato Mondiale Della Pizza (Pizza World Championship) held in Parma, Italy, awarded the world's top margherita pizza title to Australian chef Johnny Di Francesco, owner of the 400 Gradi restaurant in Brunswick, a Melbourne suburb.

36-year-old Di Francesco beat more than 600 competitors from 35 countries to take home the Specialita Traditionale Garantita pizza prize in the annual competition, CNN reported.

The win and subsequent publicity has made the small restaurant he owns in his hometown an overnight sensation.