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Pizza Today brings you live updates from Pizza Expo. Keep up-to-date on the excitement and happenings at International Pizza Expo all week at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Thousands of pizzeria professionals convene in Las Vegas, Nevada for Pizza Expo, dedicated to all things pizza. Suppliers from across the globe, networking and educational sessions led by top industry professionals, and national competitions round out this unrivaled event. Learn more about Pizza Expo.
If you are attending, don’t forget to download the Pizza Expo Mobile App, watch the Pizza Expo Preview Show and listen to the Ready. Set. Pizza Expo episode of The Hot Slice Podcast.
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Thursday
The last day of Pizza Expo brought more attendee-exhibitor connections throughout the exhibition hall. Competitions culminated with champions crowned.
Preliminary Results from the International Pizza Challenge
The Master Pizza Team has been crunching the numbers to present our preliminary results in today’s divisions in the International Pizza Challenge.
International Italian Sandwich Competition
The International Italian Sandwich Competition Top 3 are:
1st Place Michael Vakneen
2nd Place Annamaria Sapere
3rd Place Will Grant
Pizza Napoletana Division
The Pizza Napoletana Division Top 3 are:
1st Place Pasquale Yoann Mormile
2nd Place Michele Rubini
3rd Place Giuseppe Manco
Italian Tandem Division
The Italian Tandem Division Top 3 are:
1st Place Simone Fortunato – Fabrizia Ventura
2nd Place Davide Civitiello – Antonio Sorrentino
3rd Place Anna Crucitt & Nick Mercurio
American Tandem Division
The American Tandem Division Top 3 are:
1st Place John Garland & Dan Succone
2nd Place Juan Ponce & RC Gallegos
3rd Place Javier Murreta & Alma
Best of the Best Champion
Nick Banker
Pizza Maker of the Year
Joe Carlucci
Wednesday
The day kicked off with a look into the present and future of robotics and pizza with a keynote address from Benson Tsai, CEO & Co-Founder of Stellar Pizza and former SpaceX engineer. Attendees listened as Tsai took a scientific look at pizza with a robotics operation.
The exhibition hall was abuzz of attendees and exhibitors talking shop, sampling and demoing products. Food demos like Making Dough and Pizzas with Tony Gemignani, Sandwiches that Sell, Italian Beef Sandwiches, Roman Pizza and Vegan Cashew Cheese inspired attendees to test the menu items in their restaurants.
School was in session with our education program today with seminars devoted specific to the pizza business. From Tinkering with Dough, Menu Editing and Culture is Everything to Detroit Style Explained and Thriving in a Small Town. Seminars focused on key areas like cheese prices, profit margin strategies and food costs.
Competitions heated up with the International Pizza Challenge and World Pizza Games.
Preliminary Results from the International Pizza Challenge
The Master Pizza Team has been crunching the numbers to present our preliminary results in today’s divisions in the International Pizza Challenge.
Pan Division
Non-Traditional Division
Tuesday
The opening keynote address kicked off Tuesday at Pizza Expo with Tony Gemignani inspiring a packed hall. Tony outlined his modest pizza beginnings, long climb to ownership, how his concepts have evolved, what’s next and the people who have revolutionized the pizza industry.
Anticipation built as the show floor opened at 10 a.m. to a rush of attendees enter to browse exhibitor booths. The show floor was filled with food samples, technology, equipment and services.
Tuesday is all about the exhibit hall, seminars, demonstrations and competitions.
Preliminary Results from the International Pizza Challenge
The Master Pizza Team has been crunching the numbers to present our preliminary results in today’s divisions in the International Pizza Challenge.
CMAB California Style Division
Traditional Division
Sunday and Monday
Sunday and Monday are all about continuing education. Take a sneak peek at what’s happening in the School of Pizzeria Management, educational sessions and the first networking gathering – the New Operator/Early Arriving Attendee gathering.
Sunday and Monday kick off Pizza Expo week with intensive 4-hour School of Pizzeria Management workshops each day. These deep-dive sessions covering a myriad of vital pizzeria business topics from operating on shoestring budget, labor strategies and mobile pizzeria foundations to the Million-dollar Operation, business essentials and next level strategies.
From 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. all attendee seminars take over the session rooms exploring topics on the mind of today’s pizzeria operators, from technology, creative promotions, selling the business, profits from liquor sales to working with sourdough, diversifying a pizza concept and habits of successful pizzerias.
Competitors flocked to the International Pizza Challenge area for a pre-competition meeting.
The New Operator/Early Arriving Attendee Reception, our first major networking event commenced at 6 p.m. giving pizzeria professionals the chance to jumpstart meeting and mingling.
Just Announced: Watch the BLOCK PARTY LIVE STREAM
Block Party live stream will begin Wednesday at 5:30 PM PT / 8:30 PM EST.
Can’t make the Block Party? There’s still a chance for you to watch the Acrobatic Dough Tossing Championship!
Don’t miss out and tune into the live stream taking place Wednesday, March 29. Go to the Block Party Live Stream.Â
