By Amber Murray The words “Italian food” don’t exactly scream “gap in the market” – but that’s exactly what Alessandro Savelli, co-founder of Pasta Evangelists, saw in 2016 when he started serving gnocchi to his friends. “There are many pizza brands, [it’s] a very competitive space… But there wasn’t someone who could say they’re the authority in Italian food in takeaway dining,” Savelli says. After a rocky start – Dragon’s Den investor Jenny Campbell called the idea “pasta le disaster” in 2018 – Pasta Evangelists’ takeaway offering boomed during the pandemic and was bought by Italian food comp…