Inside the Salford pizzeria bringing a slice of Napoli that people are queuing down the street for

In the southern Italian city of Naples it's winding lanes and tiny streets are lined with thousands of pizzerias. It is after all the birthplace of pizza.

It's pizzas chefs, or Pizzaiolo, as they're known, are treated like celebrities, and it is said that Italian fathers either want their sons to play for SSC Napoli or become a pizza chef. In essence, pizza in this part of the world, is very serious business.

And though tourists and locals are spoilt for choice, only the very best can show off their official certification by the Associzione Verace Pizza Napoletana (AVPN), a body that protects and ensures that the art of pizza-making is maintained, and that the ingredients used are in accordance with tradition.

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Usually, a special sign hanging above the door is the way to separate the wheat from the chaffe, but an indicator we're also familiar with back home is a long and winding queue. And, if there's locals willing to pitch up outside one of these establishment for hours on end, you know you're onto a winner.

A man who knows the power of the queue is Francesco Fumo, who at 22-years-old is the proud of owner of two Salford businesses - and it just so happens that they're only a five minute walk from one another.

Francesco and his parents, Conni and Davide live in Gorton, though the pair moved over from "the heart of Napoli" 20 years ago. In 2022, after working in engineering, their son decided to make the family's dream of opening a restaurant a reality, launching Conni's Focacceria, a bakery and deli on Blackfriars Road.

It's become well known for its authentic Neapolitan Focaccia breads, fresh