Chicago

Aug. 12, 2022

From Home To Brick and Mortar in 2 Years with Robert Maleski of Millys Pizza In The Pan

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 like Steve dolinsky and Louisa chu, you’re doing something right. Follow Robert https://www.instagram.com/millys_pizza_in_the_pan/ Sign up for Pizzaioli Pop Up Follow me on IG https://www.instagram.com/whatsgooddough Buy an Ooni! (Thank's for supporting the show!) htt...
Nov. 22, 2021

Why you need a seasonal menu with Derrick Tung of Paulie Gee's Logan Square

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Nov. 19, 2021

Quitting your job and taking on the franchise model with Derrick Tung from Paulie Gee's Logan Square

I FIXED THE SOUND ISSUE! I am so stoked to share this with you all. I have been looking forward to interview Derrick for the longest time because he is someone I look up to dearly. In this conversation, we talk about his love for watching people's eyes light up when they eat his pizza and how that drives his work. What I love about this episode is that Derrick clearly expresses that it is not all sunshine and rainbows! We find out the struggles and sacrifices Derrick and his family had to put...
Oct. 15, 2021

Finding A Gap And Filling It with Steve Dolinsky of Pizza City USA

Outside of his day job as a food reporter for NBC 5 Chicago, Steve runs a pizza tour company, a pizza podcast and he's authored two pizza books. While Steve Dolinsky doesn’t run a brick and mortar, he is one of Chicago's pizza experts. In this episode he educates us on the different styles of Chicago pizza and the value of hard work. Lastly we talk about his upcoming pizza festival coming in Summer of 2022. https://www.stevedolinsky.com/ https://pizzacityusa.com/ https://chicagopizzafestival....
July 30, 2021

Level Up Real Quick: Professor Pizza on Branding

In a world where there are so many pizza makers, there can only be one professor pizza. Find out why it was pretty genius of Tony to take on the identity of Professor Pizza at an early stage in his pizza making career. Follow Tony on IG@professorpizza https://www.instagram.com/professorpizza Follow me on IG@whatsgooddough https://www.instagram.com/whatsgooddough/ Watch the full interview on Youtube! https://youtu.be/Y6QfdO4qxpo Listen to full interview in podcast form https://anchor.fm/...
July 24, 2021

Level Up Real Quick: Is Grandma Pie The Queen of Pan Pies? With Tony Scardino

Yes Follow Tony on IG@professorpizza https://www.instagram.com/professorpizza Follow me on IG@whatsgooddough https://www.instagram.com/whatsgooddough/ Watch the full interview on Youtube! https://youtu.be/Y6QfdO4qxpo Listen to full interview in podcast form https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e14ha4i Buy an Ooni! https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1232202&u=2800064&m=82053&urllink=&afftrack= Podcast Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_DOdfM-Wpa7wyZUMgd7QG90spWHPNANz2q6V3Yf7o6g/edit ...
July 23, 2021

[WGD 77] Grandma Pies, Branding, and The Pursuit of Mastery Of Many Styles with Tony Scardino from Professor Pizza

A student of Tony Gemignani, a lover of many styles, Tony Scardino also known as professor pizza educates us on the thing we all love- pizza. We start by talking about dough and we get real scientific with it Tony educates us on his time at a New York Style Pizza Shop including breaking down a system that works well in case serving slices is something you want to do in the pizza industry. We then go on to his lessons from Tony Gemignani's pizza school. His time there ultimately lead him to fall ...
March 19, 2021

I think we got something more than pizza- Tavern Style With Jerry from @jerryspizzapdx [WGD 57]

We speak with Jerry, a Chicago native doing tavern-style pizza in Portland. Like many people, Jerry started experimenting with pizzas in the pandemic- first with home made dough. Like many who enter this world, making pies became an obsession to Jerry. He admits even pushing the limits of fermentation up to two weeks in his discovery of his representation of a tavern style pie. Eventually, he came to a pie that he and his fiancee really and enjoyed. But clearly others have fallen in love with it...