At Pizza Expo Get on The Pizza Bus with Scott Wiener

Posted on February 22, 2017 by pizzatherapy

“It’s Scott’s Las Vegas Pizza Tour. You know, Scott. Scott Wiener of Scott’s Pizza Tours in New York. This year he’s hosting a pizza tour of three incredible pizzerias in Las Vegas.”

Pizza Expo Las Vegas Convention Center

“Yeah that’s the guy. Well this year at Pizza Expo he’s hosting an exclusive tour of three amazing pizzerias in Las Vegas. He’s featuring Pizza Rock, hosted by co-owner Tony Gemignani), Pizza Metro (hosted by Pizza Guy and co-owner John Arena) and 800 Degrees (hosted by c0-owner Anthony Carron).

Scott Wiener of Scott’s New York Pizza Tours

This will be an incredible tour for any pizzeria fan or owner who wants to get an inside look at three very successful pizzerias in Las Vegas. You will be able to get a behind the scenes look at what makes these master pizza makers a success. You will have plenty of time to get any question you may have answered. If you are going to Pizza Expo this is a must go to event!

You need to be a registered attendee at Pizza Expo to go. You’ll have a total pizza experience at all three locations. You can ask questions, and schmooze with some of the greatest pizza makers in the world…and between stops Scott will be hosting a pizza seminar on wheels! I can’t wait.
Bus departs the Las Vegas convention center on Tuesday March 28th at 5:30 sharp and lasts until 9:30. So for Scott’s guided pizza tour. You are either on the bus or off the bus…what are you going to do?”

“Thanks for the scoops Bongo. I’m going Pizza Expo. So I’m ready…How do I sign up”

Scott’s Las Vegas Pizza Tour

“Just to go the the website: pizza expo.com.. look for events and scroll down to Scott’s Pizza Tour… sign up there…”

Pizza Expo, March 27 – 30, 2017 Las Vegas Convention Center

Posted on November 26, 2016 by pizzatherapy

Pizza Expo is the premier event for the pizza industry and the world’s largest gathering of pizza professionals.
This is your once-a-year opportunity to come together with other successful pizzeria operators from across the U.S. and the world to see, shop, network and learn!

Pizza Expo, will be held on March 27 – 30, 2017 Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.

This year’s show is going to be bigger and better than ever with 450+ exhibitors and 90+ educational sessions, demonstrations, workshops and networking events. This is the Las Vegas Pizza Show, sponsored by Pizza Today magazine.

You can find out more by going to
Pizzaexpo.com

Why You Should Go:

Discover endless possibilities to take your operation to the next level. Make plans now to join 7,000 of your fellow pizza professionals to exchange ideas…improve your operation with a world-class education program…and discover the hottest new products and innovative trends. You can’t beat the experience or the value.

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With so many business-boosting opportunities in one place, it makes sense to bring key employees with you. Please remember to take advantage of our popular discounted Buddy Rates…the more people you bring, the more you save.

You can also take part in the World Pizza Games. Showcase your own pizza making skills with the best of the best pizza makers in the world. You can also participate in the World Piza Games and become a world pizza champion! Or you can just enjoy the show.

World Pizza Games

It’s all Pizza and it’s all for YOU!

There are countless reasons you should attend Pizza Expo. You can discover the best pizza vendors in the pizza business. The most powerful reason to attend is to the networking you will be able to do. You will develop relationships with the most successful pizza professionals in the world. You will take part in the World’s Largest Pizza party.

Tony Gemignani Pizza Demo

Discover all you can about Pizza Expo go to: pizzaexpo.com

Pizza Expo Las Vegas Convention Center

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Pizza Talk: John Arena and Jonathan Goldsmith

Posted on March 25, 2016 by pizzatherapy

Mix together flour, salt yeast, water (and depending who you talk to: olive oil), and you can make a great pizza. Mix together two of the most passionate pizza makers in the U.S.A. and there is no telling what you are going to end up with. The end result as in both examples will be pure pizza satisfaction. With the later you will discover what fuels that passion and drive. You will also understand the spirit of pizza and the relationships that can be created as a result.

Pizza Brothers: Jonathan Goldsmith and John Arena

I was very fortunate to snag John Arena (Metro Pizza, Las Vegas) and Jonathan Goldsmith (Spacca Napoli, Chicago) at the close of Pizza Expo 2016, in Las Vegas. The conversation was fast, furious and totally from the heart. Both come from very different places in the pizza industry.

John, from New York, grew up around pizza and began making pizza at a very young age. John continues to make pizza at his pizzerias in Las Vegas. In addition, he also teaches the only certified Collegiate Level class on pizza at UNLV. John spreads the joy and love with pizza at several locations around Las Vegas. While he knows New York style pizza well, he is also able to make numerous styles of pizza. John was recently invited by Caputo Flour to go to Italy to help develop a New York Style Flour. He was accompanied by pizza luminaries Tony Gemignani, Scott Wiener, Guilio Adriani, and Michele D’Amelio. (You can see a video of this event by clicking here)

Jonathan Goldsmith, learned his craft by going to the source of pizza: Naples, Italy. Jonathan learned his craft from Master Pizzaiolo Enzo Coccia. Jonathan has studied and continues to study his craft. His pizzeria, Spacca Napoli, recently celebrated a tenth anniversary. Jonathan who was a concerned with social change in a former profession, carries that over into his business of creating pizza.

While John will use olive oil in his pizza creation, Jonathan will use none. Their pizzas can be quite different, however they share a love of pizza and of each other. They have developed a strong bond over the years which continues to grow. Their passion for the craft of creating pizza is endless. When asked where is the common ground, John holds up his hands.

Both Jonathan and John embody the true spirit of pizza. While there are certain differences in their style. there is common ground in turning simple ingredients into pure pizza magic. The wonderful thing about both is their willingness to share and collaborate with others who share in the joy of creating pizza. Both are willing to share their experience with a pizza master or someone who is just discovering the love of pizza. Pizza is a dish which inspires and illuminates.

This is a great interview with two incredible pizza makers who share in the brotherhood of pizza.

You can listen to an audio of this interview,
or download it if you wish, below:

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Jonathan’s Pizzeria is:

Spacca Napoli Pizzeria

1769 W. Sunnyside Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
773.878.2420

John Arena is the co-owner of:

Metro Pizza:
1395 East Tropicana Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada
Tropicana & Maryland Parkway
Phone: (702) 736-1955

You can discover more about John by going to Pizza Quest:
https://www.fornobravo.com/pizzaquest

Information about Pizza Expo can be found:

http://pizzaexpo.com

Pizza Therapy Website is located at:
http://pizzatherapy.com
And more Pizza Related Videos can be found at the
Pizza Therapy Channel on YouTube

Here is Penny Pollack and Jeff Ruby’s book:
Everybody Loves Pizza: The Deep Dish on America’s Favorite Food

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A Preview of Pizza Expo

Posted on March 6, 2016 by pizzatherapy

Pizza Expo is right around the corner.

This incredible pizza event also known as the International Pizza Expo will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center on March 7-10, 2016 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.

There will an incredible array of Pizza Vendors, showing the latest pizza products. Of course there will be lots of pizza to sample.

Understand Pizza Expo is:

The Largest Pizza Show in the World.

THE Trade Show for the Pizza Industry.

Attendees include pizzeria or pizza-concept restaurant owners, operators and managers, as well as distributors and food brokers.

Pizza Expo is not open to the general public.

According to the Pizza Expo website:

With nearly 500 exhibiting companies on the show floor, Pizza Expo is the place for independent and chain pizzeria owners and managers to one-stop shop for nearly any needed product or service — and see what’s new in the industry. Attendees can expand their knowledge on topics relevant to business success during Expo’s more than 90 seminars, workshops and baking demonstrations. They also can participate in pizza skills competitions and go to special events such as the Beer & Bull networking session and the Pizza Expo Block Party.

I wanted to share two preview interviews with you.

The first from Tony Gemignani who discusses his key note presentation. I was able to catch up with Tony on a recent visit to Hawaii. Tony was forthcoming and fun. He will be discussing the past, the present and the future of Pizza.

The second interview is with Tony’s Number One, Executive Chef Laura Meyer, at his restaurant Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco. Laura was recently named one of Forbe’s 30 Under 30, an honor which was richly deserved.

You can catch both Tony and Laura in person at the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas.
And if you are in San Francisco make sure you go to Tony’s Pizza Napoletana

For more info go to: Pizza Expo 2016

Pizza Expo will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. MARCH 7 – 10, 2016

Pizza Expo 2016

Pizza Rock Pre-Party Party for Pizza Expo

Posted on March 23, 2015 by pizzatherapy

Pizza Rock Pizza Expo Pre-party Poste

Pizza Rock Pizza

Pizza Rock Pizza Party

At Pizza Rock Pre-Party Party for Pizza Expo. Lots of pizza, lots of conversation, lots of Fun! #thinkaboutpizza #PizzaExpo

Giulio Adriani of Forcella in New York Reveals Pizza Secrets

Posted on June 17, 2014 by pizzatherapy

Giulio Adriani is a master pizza maker. He shares his knowledge freely about how to create incredible pizza. He opened his pizza restaurant Forcella in New York, to rave reviews. He featured an unusual version of pizza to New York: the fried pizza. This pizza was such a big hit, he opened two more pizzerias. In addition to his Park Avenue location he now has pizzerias in the Bowery and Williamsburg. He is an incredible pizza talent.

Albert Grande amd Giulio Adriani

I was fortunate to catch Giulio at Pizza Expo. He was at the Caputo Flour Booth furiously making pizza. He has a strong connection to the other master pizzaioli, including Roberto Caporuscio of Don Antonio by Starita and Jonathan Goldmsith of Spaca Napoli. He shares some of his philosophy about pizza in the interview. Pizza is a universal food. Pizza is an easy going food. You can find a business man with a tie sitting next to a construction worker. It is truly a social food, that cuts across all cultural and economic fields.

Giulio says “Pizza is the only food you can find all over the world.” And this is true as anyone who travels can attest. He further states that pizza is totally a balanced food. Nutritionally it is very balanced between protein carbohydrates and fat. He also teaches individual classes at Forcella. He loves to share his knowledge about making pizza. You can discover more pizza secrets in the following interview.

” Pizza is a social food…” Giulio explains.

Guiliano Adriani and Mark Dym of Marco's Coal Fired

Giulio Adriani and Mark Dym of Marco’s Coal Fired

You can find a review of the Best Flour to make pizza at Pizza Therapy Flour Review and Recommendations.

Jeff Varasano at Pizza Expo, Extreme Pizza Secrets

Posted on April 6, 2014 by pizzatherapy

Albert Grande and Jeff Varasano at Pizza Expo

Jeff Varasano, is a master pizza maker as well as a Legendary Pizzaiolo.

His exploits have been reported in a variety of print media, broadcast media and of course the Internet.

As a matter of fact you can read about his exploits in the New York Times article, here: A New York Expatriate’s Magnificent Obsession: Pizza

As stated in the article, Jeff was on a quest to recreate pizza in his home oven as good as he had at Pizzerias in New York. He devised a trick to be able to manipulate his oven to get to extreme temperatures. He had a realization on how to accomplish this. As was reported in the Times:

“That epiphany,” … “allowed Mr. Varasano to finally produce a pizza as good as he would get in New York. He took a photo of that pie and posted an account, with mad-scientist specificity, of his six years of experiments with flours, mixing techniques, yeast cultures, canned tomatoes, cheeses and oven temperatures.

I was able to sit down with Jeff at Pizza Expo in Las Vegas and asked him to explain how he got started with creating pizza and his new direction in pizza.

Jeff was elaborated on his process and gives lots of great tips on how to create spectacular pizza. Of note is the fact that Jeff has now opened an extremely successful pizzeria in the Atlanta area named aptly: Varasano’s Pizzeria.

He was able to take the idea of pizza and perfect it for his own tastes. He researched first hand some of the best pizzerias in the country. He was able to discover the common elements which take pizza from being simply good pizza to great pizza. Jeff does not promote the changing of your oven settings unless you know what you are doing. He gives some very practical tips. And he explains he destroyed numerous ovens in the process, including shattering the glass on the front of a number of ovens.

You can listen (or download if you wish,) a complete audio of the interview with Jeff Varasano below:

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You can experience, Jeff’s vision of pizza, here:

Varasano’s Pizzeria
2171 Peachtree Rd NE,
Atlanta, GA 30309

(404) 352-8216

Jeff’s pizza adventures are now limited to a commercial pizza oven in his own pizzeria. He also states that he has now franchised the entire process making his restaurant concept available to the would be pizzeria owner. The restrictions are very strict and you must adhere to the franchise agreement. you can out more about franchising a Varasano’s Pizzeria, here.

For more info, search here:

If you are interested in the Pizza Business, we recommended the following resources:

How to Open a Financially Successful Pizza & Sub Restaurant

And this book from our friend Michael Sheppard:

Growing Pizza: How to Plant the Seeds to a Successful Pizzeria

Legends of Pizza Blog

Making Pizza from the heart…

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