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— · flour, water, salt & love · —

— The signature —

Flour. Water. Salt. Time.

The Ozzo is the bread we're named after. Four ingredients, seventy-two hours, baked fresh to order. Everything we serve starts here.

An Ozzo torn open to reveal its crumb — a web of large, irregular air pockets from the 72-hour ferment
— What it is —

Bread is the whole point.

An Ozzo is a soft, pillowy wrap that holds bold fillings without falling apart, without weighing you down. Four ingredients: flour, water, salt, time. No shortcuts, no enhancers, no fillers.

Slow fermentation does the heavy lifting. We don't add flavour. We let it develop. By the time the dough hits the oven, it has earned its taste.

A tray of squared Ozzo dough portions resting mid-ferment, pillowy and dusted with flour
— The 72 hours —

Two days of doing nothing, on purpose.

The dough rests through two stages: a long cold ferment in the fridge, then a short warm ferment on the bench. Three days, end to end.

That patience buys three things: natural depth of flavour from the slow breakdown of starches; a soft, open crumb that wraps without tearing; and bread that's easier on the gut than anything rushed.

Time is the recipe. We can't fake it.

A finished Ozzo fresh from the wood oven, its surface blistered with dark leopard-spotting from the fire
— The technique —

Naples on the inside. Sydney on the outside.

The Ozzo takes inspiration from Neapolitan bread: the same high-hydration dough, the same blistered, airy finish. We reimagined it through our own method: a longer ferment, a hotter bake, a softer pull.

The result feels familiar but tastes new. It stretches. It folds. It wraps. It stays warm. It melts into the fillings. Every bite ends with a little of the bread on its own. That's the point.

An Ozzo base baking on the floor of the wood-fired oven, flames rising against the dome behind it
— The bake —

Baked fresh to order, both kitchens.

Every Ozzo is baked to order at our Pyrmont and Marrickville kitchens. Nothing pre-made. Nothing left waiting. The dough is handled with care from the mixer to your hands.

That's why our sandwiches taste the way they do. They're warm, alive, full of small details that took us years to dial in.

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The sandwiches here are next level. The wood-fired bread is crispy, chewy and so full of flavour.

— GRACE, SYDNEY

Please, just give their sandwich a try. you'll fall in love with it.

— YUAN TSUNWEI, SYDNEY