Pizza Berlusconi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kotipizza_Berlusconi.JPG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kotipizza_Berlusconi.JPG Pizza Berlusconi. Pizza Berlusconi is Kotipizza's name for its smoked reindeer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer pizza. With Pizza Berlusconi, Kotipizza won the America's Plate International http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=America%27s_Plate_International&action=edit&redlink=1 pizza contest in New York http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York in March 2008, beating the Italians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy, who got second place, and the Australians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia at third.[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotipizza#cite_note-5 Kotipizza named its smoked reindeer pizza "Pizza Berlusconi" in its advertising campaign and menu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu in early summer 2008 after Prime Minister of Italy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Italy Silvio Berlusconi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Berlusconi. Kotipizza did this to mock Berlusconi's statements from 2005 that he had to "endure" Finnish cuisine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_cuisine,[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotipizza#cite_note-6 when he joked disparagingly about Finns eating "marinated reindeer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer."; Although marinated reindeer is a common dish in Lapland and Alaska, in Finland the meat is traditionally stewed or dried.[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotipizza#cite_note-7
