Volcanic Kitchens and Wines Residency, Unlock Pizza, Hackney Wick

Hackney Wick has transformed from warehouses, factories, and neglected canal-side spaces into a creative neighbourhood with breweries, bakeries, cocktail bars, and ambitious food concepts. Unlock Pizza sits by the water on Monkhood Way, appearing like a gallery or book shop through floor-to-ceiling windows. A new residency series, Volcanic Kitchens and Wines, is rooted in transformation, using volcanic landscapes as a culinary starting point. Monthly residencies experiment with food cultures shaped by lava-rich landscapes, mineral-heavy soils, and dramatic terrain. The everyday Unlock menu already extends beyond typical pizza-joint vibes, and the residencies give chefs Emanuele Esposito, Giovanni Izzo, and Bruno Rogers more creative playtime. The opening residency focuses on Sicily, tied to Etna and Stromboli, where citrus, tomatoes, pistachios, olives, and wine grapes reflect volcanic terrain.

"Once a collection of warehouses, factories and neglected canal-side spaces, Hackney Wick has transformed over the last ten years into one of East London's most creative neighbourhoods. These spaces now house breweries, bakeries, cocktail bars and cool, ambitious food concepts. Almost hidden to those who don't know, Unlock Pizza sits by the water on Monkhood Way. It's easily mistaken for a gallery or a book shop as you peek through the floor-to-ceiling windows."

"Unlock's new residency series called Volcanic Kitchens and Wines' seems very apt for this area as the concept is rooted in transformation. Just as volcanic landscapes create fertile new ground from devastating destruction, Hackney Wick has evolved into a place where creatives can take root and flourish. The concept is really clever. Hosted at Unlock Pizza in Hackney Wick, the monthly residency takes volcanic territories as its culinary starting point and then experiments with the food cultures there shaped by the lava-rich landscapes, mineral-heavy soils and dramatic landscapes."

"The every day' Unlock menu already gives more than just a pizza joint vibes but these residencies give the already talented chefs, Emanuele Esposito, Giovanni Izzo and Bruno Rogers, more creative playtime! A series of residencies shaped by volcanic terroir The opening residency focused on Sicily a very fitting choice given the island's ongoing relationship with Etna and Stromboli."

"I consider Sicily to be one of the great loves of my life, having honeymooned there nearly 30 years ago and visited again for my 25th wedding anniversary with my family. The cuisine is historic, adventurous and impossible to separate from its terrain. The citrus, tomatoes, pistachios, olives and wine grapes that grow there are deeply flavoured by the volcanic terrain. The island's position in the Mediterranean la"

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