Pizza Is My Life

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Sept. 30, 2022

$1400 for a 40-person catering gig- Why did I break my cardinal rule …

Content is king, quality is queen. I recorded this with my airpod max and did some light post production. I appreciate you listening and I hope you find a lot of value in it <3 Get Your Famag Mixer Follow …

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Sept. 23, 2022

Bankruptcy, Flipping Pizza Trucks, and Selling Half A Million in Mixe…

I am super excited to finally share this episode. Chris’ pizza journey has been a roller coaster, to say the least. His story starts with how his first business bankrupted him. Through a combination of hard work and tenacity...

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Sept. 17, 2022

Traveling Pizza Maker, Scaling Up, and Food Truck Mistakes with Kalei…

Follow Kaleigh https://www.instagram.com/itsthepizzaslut/ Follow me on IG https://www.instagram.com/whatsgooddough Buy an Ooni! (Thank's for supporting the show!) https://ooni.com/?sscid=31k6_y2z7b&utm_medium=shareasale&utm_s...

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Sept. 9, 2022

Experience Is The Best Teacher- 3 Key Things I Learned Doing A Charit…

Get Your Famag Mixer Follow me on IG https://www.instagram.com/whatsgooddough Buy an Ooni! (Thank's for supporting the show!) https://ooni.com/?sscid=31k6_y2z7b&utm_medium=shareasale&utm_source=2800064&utm_campaign=1232202 Ge...

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Sept. 2, 2022

Creating Community Around Pizza with Lewis Pope @unholypizzauk

Lewis Pope joins us to today to talk about COMMUNITY! We talk about how he created a community on various platforms to support his pizza passion, create memorable experiences, and create doors that saved his livelihood! Follo...

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Aug. 26, 2022

Creating And Selling Novelty with Luis Perez of Peels On Wheels

We do a deep dive into the dedication it takes for Luis to create a one-of-a-kind experience. We are talking about numerous types of flour, and insanely long and complex fermentation times. The works! ------------- Follow Lui...

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Aug. 19, 2022

My Ooni Oven Changed My Life with Scott Deley of Scott's Pizza Project

How to win a copy of the book! See details below! -------------- My brother Scott is doing some big things since we last chatted on the podcast. First Episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tNaECjxILOG2WbpizhAbe?si=CWFHI-m...

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Aug. 12, 2022

From Home To Brick and Mortar in 2 Years with Robert Maleski of Milly…

Robert Maleski started making pizza like any pandemic-born pizza maker. The difference in his story is that he's already operating out of his brick and mortar! When you are getting mentions from famous people over the city li...

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Aug. 5, 2022

How Pizza Turned My Life Around with Billy Zureikat of The Real Billy…

Billy was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy a rare disease that affected billy’s ability to walk, keep his balance and play basketball, something he was really passionate about. Since he could no longer go to the gym, he foun...

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July 29, 2022

Alex And Justin of Yukon Pizza- Just Send It: Creating New Menu Items…

Alex and Justin talk about a 120 year old heirloom starter, using your network, food incubators, putting new items on a menu, and financials. Transcript www.whatsgooddough.com/yukon https://www.instagram.com/yukonpizza https:...

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July 22, 2022

Ditching The Mobile Pizza Truck with Brent of Pizza Nerds (FKA Farm F…

Brent is back on the show but now representing his one and only concept, Pizza Nerds- a reincarnation of his childhood in pizza form. We get his story on how fate brought him to his brick and mortar, his process …

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July 15, 2022

How To Market Your Pizzeria with Bruce Irving of Smart Pizza Marketing

Bruce is the host of Smart Pizza Marketing and is an OG in the pizza game. He started his career very early on at an established pizzeria in Boston. Then he jumped around and eventually worked his way up to …

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July 8, 2022

Mike Vaona @rosehillsourdough - Fermentation, Respiration, PH, Sourdo…

Today we make our way down the tip of mount stupid and learn just a little bit more about sourdough. We cover so many topics in this IG live and I really hope it helps some of you who are …

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July 1, 2022

Ines Glaser @Lupa Cotta Community Is Essential For Business

Charging $100 a head for catering events and serving food for famous people doesn’t come without paying your dues and finding your community to support you. Ines shares with us her rules in catering for a healthy and wealthy ...

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June 24, 2022

Don't Bet The House When Starting A Pizzeria with Adam Elpayaa of Piz…

I’m stoked to share this episode with you all because it is a nitty-gritty, to the point playbook of how to start a pizza business. Adam talks about how he found his calling for pizza and the training he did …

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June 17, 2022

How Much Money Do You Need When Starting A Pizzeria in 2022 with Alex…

Today we talk about how Alex opened up his brick and mortar in Los Angeles, CA in 2022. He talks about the struggles of keeping up with labor costs and how he uses social media marketing to grow his presence. …

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June 10, 2022

Sourdough Tips And My Huge Fails Meeting Dave Portnoy

I've been working with sourdough for a little under a year and its been such an awesome journey. On today's episode, I share some of my workflow and a few of the things I've learned along the way to hopefully …

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June 3, 2022

What's Good Flour? w/ Fred Mortati of Orlando Foods

Alright CAPUTO fans and haters I welcome you to this episode with an open mind. Today I speak with Fred Mortati, President of Orlando Foods, the importer of Caputo Flour into America. In this quick episode, we talk about the …

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May 27, 2022

Arthur Bovino of NYC Best Pizza & Ooni- Pursue Pizza, Then Tell The W…

Social Media Expert + Pizza FANATIC Arthur Bovino joins us today to make one thing clear- it's okay to market yourself/your pizzeria/your passion. But you have to come correct! In this episode, he shares his story with us of ...

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May 20, 2022

From Graphic Designer to Pizza Designer - Jhy Coulter of Devoured Piz…

Jhy had a career in graphic design. Rather than work for someone else, she now applies her talents in graphic design to her pizza business. We talk about how she's currently designing her mobile food truck and more! For the …

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May 13, 2022

When is it the right time to follow your dreams? with Liz Schuler of …

Kairos = Timeliness. When you are a full-time mother of 5, is it ever the right time to go into the pizza business? In today's episode, we talk with Liz about how she started her mobile catering business after falling …

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May 6, 2022

Pizza Quest: My Never Ending Search for Perfect Pizza with Peter Rein…

In this episode, we talk about Peters travels in his ultimate search for pizza- we talk about pizza innovators both old school and new school. Finally, we talk about Peter’s new book Pizza Quest. This is an amazing episode yo...

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May 4, 2022

How to stay consistent in trying times with Ethan Speizer @NaturallyL…

In part 2 of this conversation with Ethan (See part 1 here ). We start the conversation discussing Ethan's weight loss journey and move on to family and finally a piece of advice that will keep you going whenever taking …

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April 29, 2022

Canotto Style Deep Dive with Ethan Spiezer @NaturallyLeavenedPizza

I found Ethan on one of the Facebook pizza groups that I am a part of. Post after post, I just COULD NOT stop drooling at his canotto style pizza. I thought it would be fun to learn more about …

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