The Hot Slice Podcast Broadcasting from Pizza Expo We brought The Hot Slice Podcast to Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. Find out what hot pizza industry trends Editor in Chief Jeremy White and Executive Editor Denise Greer have found in the exhibit hall. The...

Listen to John Cesarano on The Hot Slice Podcast It’s Pizza Expo week so we are bringing back one of our favorite episodes of 2021 with Giovanni (John) Cesarano, one of Long Island’s King Umberto’s youngest partners. We talk continuing the fami...

Listen to Serhan Ayhan on The Hot Slice Podcast Serhan Ayhan grew up in the pizza business at his family’s restaurant, Boston Pizza in Queens, New York. But what happens after the family retires? That’s what Creative Director Josh Keown and Execu...

Listen to Siler Chapman on The Hot Slice Podcast This week, we get a primer on the mobile pizza business from Siler Chapman, mobile operator and vice president of PerfectingPizza.com. He shares who’s getting in the business, startup costs, challeng...

Pizza Expo Update after Bill Oakley’s recording: In accordance with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guidelines, the state of Nevada has instituted the following face mask directive: Everyone, both vaccinated and unvaccinated, ar...

Listen to Nicole Russell on The Hot Slice Podcast This week’s guest, Nicole Russell, just wrapped Season 1 of her hit series, Pizza Wars on First We Feast. On the show, Nicole competes with leading chefs, making some of the most trending pizzas tod...

Listen to Bart Weidlich on The Hot Slice Podcast The first year of running a pizza business is tough enough without throwing in a worldwide pandemic and a worker shortage. Hear the story of Bart Weidlich, who opened Kidder Street Deli in Wilkes-Barre...

This week, we revisit a pizza-packed episode with a Pizza Today contributor and pizzeria owner, Audrey Kelly of Audrey Jane’s Pizza Garage in Boulder, Colorado. She’s an inspiration, making the leap from pizza maker to pizzeria owner. She dives i...

Listen to Pete Tolman on The Hot Slice Podcast Like many in the pizza business, Pete Tolman didn’t set out to do pizza. But, when he did, he dialed everything in, from the gorgeous Detroit-style pizza, business planning, marketing, and décor to cr...

Listen to Vincent Rotolo on The Hot Slice Podcast Owner and pizzaiolo Vincent Rotolo shares some jewels about moving Good Pie into a bigger location, the unique business environment of Las Vegas, enlisting the help of pizza legends, building a strong...

On this episode of the Hot Slice podcast, the Pizza Today editorial crew reads and discusses some “Letters to the Editor.” We get tons of awesome e-mails and decided to share and discuss a few. We had so much fun we’re already plann...

Listen to Tom Iannucci on The Hot Slice Podcast Tom Iannucci is a lifelong learner of pizza making and the pizza industry and we talk ‘What is pizza?” He shares how Pizza Expo and Pizza Today took him from pizza enthusiast to owner. We ta...