The Authentic Italian "Forno" - Bakery

A real taste of Italy

Come to see us!! You will enjoy an authentic Italian food experience. You will feel like you are in Italy for real!!

Our shop is located in 9/2 Mieke Court, Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast.

Saturday and Sunday from 7:00am to 1:00pm

I AM...

...An easy going and always smiling guy, Dario Polani, better known as "The Romano Baker", was born in Rome and grown up in the city of Ostia, by the Thyrrenian Sea, 15 kilometres far from the Capital.

Since his childhood, Dario has always been interested in playing with flour, experimenting there, in his messy kitchen with a constant smile on his face, and fascinated by the science and mechanisms behind the so-called "White Art", the art of Bread and Pizza making.

His strong passion has led him not only to turn his love for this Art into his job, but also to be a constant researcher of the best natural methods, techniques and ingredients for creating the perfect product.

After graduating Pizza Chef in 2013, Dario has worked for the most renowned "Pizzerias" in Rome, attending in 2019 a long professional Master Baker Course in "Cast Alimenti", which is one of the best baking and culinary Academies in Italy, Brescia.

Under the guidance of internationally renowned Bakers such as Piergiorgio Giorilli and Ezio Marinato, and an experience at Gabriele Bonci's panificio who has deeply inspired Dario's infinite quest for providing the best quality flour and local ingredients, "The Romano Baker" has developed his own unique style, a perfect blend bewteen Italian Rustic tradition and modern innovation which is the key to a guaranteed success.

"Quality makes difference"

THE ROMAN STYLE PIZZA

We make the original Roman style pizza in Australia.
With very long origins, this unique pizza style exploded in Rome in the 80's.
It is cooked in rectangular trays or direct on stone based ovens by long wood peels, the Roman Style Pizza is a unique product now famous all around Italy.
Very different from the classic Neapolitan pizza, It is also the only pizza style that allows you to create a real "display" of it, to let you choose even without a paper menu!
"You will eat it with your eyes first"!!
All of this is allowed by a very hydrated and long fermented dough, a slower cooking to give an amazing crunchy base.

It's the best pizza style for take away because of his very long shelf life, you can keep in the fridge or even freeze it and then cook it again obteining a super crunchiness with your domestic oven.
"Immagine the best bread with pizza toppings"...this is Rome's Pizza!
Ours is just the same product you can find in any little pizza shop or bakery in Rome!

LA PASTICCERIA

Classic Italian Pastries

As any other bakery in Italy, but especially in Rome, where you can find bread, pizza or other savoury products we clearly have our range of pastries, from the classic "Cornetti" (the Italian way to make croissants) to the amazing artisan puff pastry sweets or typical "Biscotti", "Crostate" and more!