Matheus Ramos

The Path

Since 2019, Matheus Ramos has held co-founder, owner, and pizzaiolo roles at QT Pizza Bar, São Paulo, Brazil. That combination points to a maker who is present at both the business level and the bench: decisions, dough, firing, and service all sit inside the same working frame. The craft here is built on repetition and control, with the oven setting the pace and the dough demanding consistency. At QT Pizza Bar, Ramos’s work sits in that daily register, where pizza is made by process, timing, and attention.

The Work Today

Neapolitan-style pizza is the center of Ramos’s current work, and it asks for restraint more than embellishment. The style depends on softness, lift, blistered edges, and a tender center, with each part of the pie doing its own job without crowding the others. In Matheus Ramos’s hands, the format stays focused on balance and clarity, with the craft measured in texture, heat, and timing rather than accumulation.

Signature

Among Matheus’s signature dishes are Pomodori, Brasileirita, Fantástica, and Queijin. The names signal a menu built to mark out difference rather than repeat one note across the board. For a pizzaiolo, a signature is where style becomes legible: these four point to a hand that can keep each pizza distinct while still keeping them inside one house language.

In Their Words The quote lands on process and peer recognition rather than ceremony: a Tuesday message, a second look, then the confirmation. The detail that pizzaiolos also take part in the voting matters here, because it places the award inside the trade rather than above it. For Matheus Ramos, the recognition reads as a signal from people who know the work from the inside.

Acclaim

Ramos’s record across major pizza rankings shows sustained placement rather than a single spike. His honors include The Best Pizza Awards, 2026 Selection (#55) (2026), The Best Pizza Awards, 2025 Selection (#46) (2025), 50 Top Pizza World, 2024 (#38) (2024), The Best Pizza Awards, 2024 Selection (#56) (2024), 50 Top Pizza World, 2023 (#51) (2023), and The Best Pizza Awards, 2023 Selection (#67) (2023). Taken together, these placements map a body of work that has stayed in view year after year, with QT Pizza Bar remaining part of the contemporary pizza conversation.