2025 James Beard Awards semifinalists include Pizza Expo keynote speaker Sarah Minnick and World Champion Pizza Maker Michael Vakneen UPDATE: Two pizzaiolos graduated from semifinalist to nominee in the 2025 James Beard Award list published April 2. Dan Richer, owner...
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Simple steps to improve your pizzeria website
If you have a restaurant (or any business), you need a website. Simple, right? Well, a lot of restaurants have no web presence whatsoever, and even more have badly designed websites that haven’t been updated in years. If you think your business’s web design won’t...
Slice Out Hunger Responds as Los Angeles Pizzerias Grapple With Wildfires
The U.S. pizza industry is working to support Southern California residents displaced by the wildfires near Los Angeles. Slice Out Hunger, a volunteer-based organization powered by independent pizzerias, is asking for direct donations and encouraging its 700 partner...
Hobart to Host Custom-Designed Mixer Giveaway at International Pizza Expo 2025
TROY, Ohio, Jan. 9, 2025 / HOBART CORP. / Hobart, the premium commercial food equipment manufacturer known for designing and building some of the most reliable, must-have equipment, announced it will host its annual giveaway of a custom-designed Legacy+® HL662 pizza...
Will you be the World Champion Pizza Maker in 2025?
Do you make the perfect pie? The International Pizza Challenge is calling on members of the pizza industry to compete for the title of World Champion Pizza Maker 2025. The IPC, first held in 2007, will take place March 25-27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center during...





