{"id":399,"date":"2010-04-14T00:03:14","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T10:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/?p=399"},"modified":"2010-04-14T00:03:14","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T10:03:14","slug":"who-are-the-new-world-pizza-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/who-are-the-new-world-pizza-champions","title":{"rendered":"Who Are the New World Pizza Champions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span _fck_bookmark=\"1\" style=\"display: none\">&nbsp;<\/span><font face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" size=\"5\">Who are the&nbsp;New World Pizza Champions?<span class=\"ecxApple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<font face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" size=\"3\">Founding members Tony Gemignani, Michael Shepherd, Siler Chapman, Joe Carlucci, and Sean Brauser would like you to meet the newest&nbsp;members of the World Pizza Champions Team and are headed to Italy this <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" size=\"3\">week for the World Pizza Championships&nbsp;<span class=\"ecxApple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"clear: both\"><font face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"ecxApple-converted-space\"><strong><span class=\"ecxApple-converted-space\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eric_c_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eric Corbin\" class=\"size-full wp-image-400\" height=\"118\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eric_c_01.jpg\" title=\"eric_c_01\" width=\"153\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"clear: both\"><font face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><strong>Eric Corbin<\/strong> <\/font><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"clear: both\"><font face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" size=\"3\">2010 World Pizza Champion Member of the Year and 2010 World Pizza Games Winner &#8211; 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