Episodes

One of my favorite episodes ever, Mike and I have a genuine conversation about what it takes to make a good pie and how to sell it. It starts with asking yourself one question, "Do I suck?" And if that’s too negative for you...

Today we talk with Eddie! This pizzaiolo works in a pizzeria two days a week and runs a successful home pizza business on top of spending time with his loving family and his full time job. In essence, he is a HUSTLER. In this...

Happy New Year! 🍕 Today we talk with Scott, a computer programmer, twitch streamer and pizza fanatic. We discuss different ways to get your pizza in front of people and talk about lessons learned from his Detroit Style Pizza ...

Mike is an AirBnb Experience Host AND an Ooni Ambassador. As a full time accountant who loves his job and someone who wants to coach his kids baseball team in the future, he doesn't see it in the cards to open a pizza restaur...

Miriam has an unconventional pizza business by giving away free pizza to those who are most in need. A business that gives product away for free? Sounds counterintuitive right? Actually it's working in her favor and she belie...

Spencer is an artist. Using his creativity, he crafted this taboo pizza business in Columbus Ohio. Sparking a ton of curiosity, his underground pizza became the talk of the town due to its limited quantity and artisan quality...

Laura loves baking, pizza and dough and she knows a ton about it. Having worked 10 years in the industry alongside of Tony Gemignani, she has picked up knowledge, frameworks, and other skills that many people would never see ...

Wow wow wow. This episode holds a very special place near and dear to my heart. Its the perfect post Thanksgiving episode. So many feels. We go into Brian's Background, his approach to pizza, and we remind folks what it means...

Kappa Carrageenan. Seitan. Vital Wheat Gluten ?! If you don’t know what these ingredients are, listen to this week’s podcast with Odie from @babybluepizzapdx and @boxcarpizza. Learn how he managed to scratch his own itch afte...

Prior to the start of our conversation, I found out Kaleigh puts a 110% into everything she does. She's eaten at the best pizza joints from sea to shining sea and has accumulated a wealth of knowledge by chopping it up with a...

Wow! I am truly impressed with how this episode turned out! So many great pieces of information in this show. We talk about dough management, ovens, sourdough (and why she doesn't use it). We also talk about business- financi...

Today we have Chris. He is the man behind a_slice_of_nj. I first saw Chris’s IG page on a Scotts pizza tour IG Live stream, He started his pizza journey not through cooking, but eating his way through a list of best pizza pla...

Today we talk with Henry. He is a Facebook Chef cranking out pizza on the FB campus. His goal is to blend Vietnamese cuisines with Detroit and Neapolitan style Pies. In this episode we talk about Henrys “work from home life”...

In this episode, we get into the mind of Nicole Bean. We talk a lot about current events, her life, and her mindset and tie everything to pizza and business. In this episode we also discuss the education she's taken on over t...

With $500, a few connections for a kitchen space and some pizza hats from amazon, Richard and Eric managed to put together a successful pop up that not only made their wives proud but created a cult following for their delic...

Do you have what it takes to run a pizza business? It takes a lot of hard work and pivoting but the rewards can be worth it. ⁠ Will is on the World PIzza Champions Team He has studied under Tony and Massimillio and he is on h...

Today we talk with Dan from Razza New Jersey. Not Razza, but Razza Like pizza! We discuss how initially Razza was an underperforming restaurant yet he chose to stick to it and turned it to the well known pizza place that it i...

These two are so awesome. From community building to working as a team, they make pizza happen in the city of Tracy CA. They are changing the narrative of what pizza means. We talk about starting off as a mobile wood fired ov...

Meet Phillip, the owner and head pizza maker at dough. He learned his pizza making skills from @capopizza over at Tony Gemignani’s International School of Pizza. In this episode we talk about how he created his menu of hip ho...

I talk with Pizza Champion and member of the US Pizza Team, RC Gallegos. In this episode, we talk about his love and passion for NY style pizza. We discuss the many competitions he's participated in and go over what he belie...

Leah is the owner and operator of @PIzzaLeah. Before owning her own store, she helped take Pizza My Heart from 2 stores to to the double digits and we discussed how we talk about how pizza shaped her entire life. We talk abo...

Meet Andrew! This chef turned business owner helped open a successful restaurant in John’s Island and as soon as he started writing a business plan to open up a restaurant of his own, he was stopped in his tracks by his manag...

If you’ve listened to the podcast, you’ve probably seen that I have a pretty positive outlook on pizza and life. And while Frederico, Tony’s Gemingnai’s mentee, also has a very positive outlook, he is also a realist. For that...

In an industry largely dominated by white men, it was meaningful for me to hear the perspective of a Black pizza business owner because I myself identify as a person of color. Meet Ray, the owner of Pepperoni Ray’s Cafe servi...