Pizza Is My Life

Episodes

Sept. 4, 2020

Competition talk and dealing with Negative Feedback with RC from RC'S…

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...

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Aug. 28, 2020

Opening in the Pandemic and Getting Rescued by Friends with Leah from…

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...

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Aug. 21, 2020

Building a pizzeria for the community its in with Andrew from Zepplin…

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...

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Aug. 14, 2020

The pizza life is not as glamorous as you think with Frederico from S…

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...

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Aug. 6, 2020

Building up and serving your community with Ray from Pepperoni Rays

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...

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July 31, 2020

Locally Sourced Flour and Having A Business Mentality with Craig from…

As my pizza journey continues, I meet more and more interesting people to learn from. Whether you're thinking about pizza as a business for the first time or you are a serious vet in the game, I really think there is a lot of...

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July 24, 2020

Sourdough Neapolitan Pizza and Fresh Ingredients with Ross and Leo fr…

Meet Ross and Leo! Ross is the owner of Oak and Rye Pizza in Los Gatos and Leo is the head pizzaiolo. I was lucky enough to speak with them about their perfectly delicious sourdough wood fired pizza. Their pizzas use the ingr...

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July 17, 2020

Sourdough Sicilian Pizza and Framing with Jessica and Justin from Piz…

Meet Jessica and Justin from Pizza Doughnais, the couple doing sourdough Sicilian pizzas in Portland. Join in on the conversation about their delicious pizzas and the mindset that it takes to run a successful and happy busin...

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July 17, 2020

Working with family and opening a pizzeria in a revitalizing neighbor…

Love beer with your pizza? Who doesn’t! The episode today is with craft beer and homebrewing enthusiast, Brando, who partnered with his brother to open up Slice Project in the revitalizing neighborhood of downtown Watsonville...

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July 10, 2020

Beginning a Pizza Journey with Elise from Elises_Pies

We talk about steps to take to start a pizza business and share the struggles of a home cook! Listen in on this awesome episode! IG @ elises_pies Full Transcript Here Elise: Food for me? I want to feed the world. Like, that's...

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July 5, 2020

Pizza Science with Derek Sanchez from Mia Marcos Pizza

This is probably one of the craziest conversations I’ve ever had about pizza and I’m so lucky this guy has blessed us pizza “nerd-os” with his time. He is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, has a mobile pizza truck (finally see th...

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July 4, 2020

The Most Beautiful Pizzas on IG and Becoming a Self Taught Pizza Make…

This episode is with Ray from Charles Pizzeria. He has some of THE most beautiful pizzas I’ve seen on Instagram. He is sharing love for neo-neapolitan pies with the folks up in Northwest Arizona by starting a food truck of hi...

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July 3, 2020

Owning and Operating Multiple Mobile Wood Fired Pizza Trucks with Sco…

This guy is a straight hustler and is killing it in the mobile pizza game. He has not one, not two, but THREE mobile units including one BADDDDDAASSMOTHATRUCKING Food Truck. Learn more about how he got his start, his tips for...

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June 26, 2020

Mentorship with Audrey Kelly from Audrey Janes Pizza Garage

Audrey is a huge fan of "mentorship" e.g. someone you can run things by. It doesn't have to be as formal as, OMG DO YOU WANT TO BE MY MENTOR.. Do you actually need a mentor going into the pizza business? Sure you can do it al...

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June 19, 2020

Issues with Building A New Restaurant- Pizza Squared with Christina a…

We talk with Christina and Ryan, the owners of Pizza Squared in SF, CA . They are the awesome husband and wife team cranking out Sicilian and Detroit Style Pizza. Learn about how they built their restaurant in a newly develop...

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June 19, 2020

Wood Fired and Asian Fusion Pizzeria in SF with Nora Haron from Local…

Wow. I mean wow. My conversation with chef Nora Haron was intimidating and insightful. I was so nervous talking to a woman who after speaking with, I now look up to. SF friends, she is the chef and partner of Local Kitchen, a...

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June 17, 2020

Opening in the pandemic & Pizza Al Talgio Jon from Pollara Pizza

Pollara pizzeria is THE place to go to try some amazing pizza al talgio in the Bay Area. Never tried pizza al talgio? Don't worry it's not the most popular style of pizza, YET. It is a mind F. It tricks your mind because how ...

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June 5, 2020

Roman pizza, finding investors and meal barter with Gabriele @Unregul…

Wow! What a great episode that talks about finding investors, using Instagram as a platform to grow your business and build a following by exchanging food?! #mealbarter. On this episode, Gabriele from unregularpizza talks mor...

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May 8, 2020

Inside the life of a Pizza Influencer with George @SliceofSF

What is it like to live the life of a pizza instagramer! Meet George. He reviews pizza places in the greater Bay Area and beyond. He is a philanthropist, who gives back to his community, both his IG community and local commun...

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April 24, 2020

Key Lessons from the Virtual Pizza Expo

This podcast is about some of the great pieces of information I was able to collect from Pizza Today's Virtual Pizza Expo. The videos/talks were so useful to me as an aspiring restaurant owner and pizza lover. If you want to ...

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April 10, 2020

How Pizzerias and Consumer are adapting in the shutdown

My promise is to release a new podcast every two weeks! To get me going, I did a short solo cast where I talk about adapting your pizza business to these unprecedented times by providing value, and and offering new menu items...

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Feb. 17, 2020

Pizza competitions, kickstarters, and checking out people's ovens wit…

I talk with World Pizza Champ and Co Founder of State of Mind Public House, Lars Smith and we do a deep dive on his amazing story! Its one crazy ride! State of Mind IG Full Transcript Here Eidref: What's happening? What's goo...

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Feb. 17, 2020

Growing up in Italy and buying a pizza restaurant with Chef Antonella…

https://www.lapizzeriacampbell.com/ https://www.facebook.com/LaPizzeriaCampbell/ Full Transcription Eidref: Thank you so much for tuning in to the What’s Good Though Podcast. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you share it. If yo...

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Feb. 17, 2020

Employees can own pizza businesses too through worker Co-Ops with Kir…

Work Co-ops- Treat your employees right, and they will take care of the business you started forever. ASONY IG Learn more about Co-Ops here See a throwback of Kirk with Tony Gemignani Part two of the interview with Kirk from ...

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