Taste of Italy: 400 Gradi broadens food & beverage base at Auckland Airport

NEW ZEALAND. The Gradi Group and Delaware North have partnered to open well-known Melbourne pizza restaurant name 400 Gradi to Auckland International Airport. It is restaurant Founder Johnny Di Francesco’s first outlet in New Zealand.

Situated airside, 400 Gradi serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. The menu includes freshly baked pastries and an array of poached egg breakfast dishes, plus 400 Gradi’s pasta, pizza and dessert.

The 400 Gradi team open the restaurant’s first branch in New Zealand, amid a major upgrade of Auckland Airport’s F&B offer.

Di Francesco said: “Opening at Auckland International Airport has been a fantastic achievement for me personally and for the Gradi Group. Bringing our authentic dishes to the global market is very exciting and we can’t wait to hear what our new customers think.”

Auckland Airport General Manager of Retail & Commercial Richard Barker added: “Auckland Airport is delighted to partner with Johnny Di Francesco and the Delaware North team to bring authentic Italian to Auckland Airport, as part of our transformation of the food & beverage offer.”

The design and interior of the restaurant takes its cues from Di Francesco’s outlets in Melbourne and the Middle East, with black furniture and white and golden colours.

The first 400 Gradi restaurant opened in Melbourne in 2008. The Auckland Airport opening marks the group’s third international restaurant launch within the last 12 months.

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