Mykonos, 1995
Pizza dough filled with mascarpone and chocolate-hazelnut cream, baked in a wood-fired oven and served hot to share.
The story
Chef Gian Luca Barlucchi and Italian-Australian pizza chef Dino Boni created Calzone Dolce in 1995 at the first Bandanna in Kalafatis, Mykonos. After a series of experiments, a folded pizza from the wood-fired oven became a dessert.
The idea of pizza with chocolate took some explaining. For its first three days on the menu, the dessert attracted questions but no orders. Gian Luca changed the name to Calzone Dolce, dropped the description and introduced it at a sunset party, with a barbecue, music and a serving for everyone.
Calzone Dolce has found its way into island guides, restaurant reviews and recollections of summers in Mykonos. Grazia, OneMan and Athens Voice tell different parts of that story, from a dessert recommendation to a meal remembered years later. Explore the articles.
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The crust puffs and browns in the wood-fired oven while the filling melts inside. Cut through it at the table for warm mascarpone and chocolate-hazelnut cream, with a savoury edge to the dough.
Further reading
Bandanna’s early website describes the open kitchen, olive-wood oven and pizza-making behind Calzone Dolce.
An early restaurant column recommends Calzone Dolce as the chocolate-filled finish to Gian Luca’s Italian cooking.
Angela Stamatiadou’s April review describes the generous calzone filled with mascarpone and chocolate.
Aegean’s in-flight magazine recommends the mascarpone-and-chocolate Calzone Dolce in its “Tuscany Aroma” item, on printed page 50.
An island restaurant feature places Calzone Dolce alongside the food and atmosphere of Bandanna.
In Rossella Malaguarnera’s interview, Vicky Kaya recommends Bandanna’s chocolate calzone as a dessert stop on the island.
Eliana Chrysikopoulou recalls meals after swimming at Kalafatis, ending with the wood-fired mascarpone-and-praline calzone.
Rika Vagianni’s island guide recommends finishing a meal at Bandanna in Kalafatis with its sweet calzone.
Pavlos Galakteros remembers eating Calzone Dolce with his father and returning to Bandanna as an adult.
The 2025 island guide points readers to Bandanna for pizza and calzone dolce.
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