pizza competition

On this episode we welcome Bill Crawford, former Air Force jet fighter test pilot and, now, the owner of Righteous Slice in Rexburg, Idaho. Bill shows us all about his Grand Prize winning El Pollo Barracho Pizza (aka "Drunken Chicken" pizza, with tequila marinated chicken) from the 2024 Real California Pizza Contest, sponsored by the California Milk Advisory Board. Peter competed in this contest too (and didn't win), working directly across the bench from Bill during the competition, so he's particularly excited to hear how Bill came up with his concept. Bill even makes us the winning pizza and takes us on a tour around his Idaho pizzeria, in this fun, fascinating, and informative episode.

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Yes, we know you love pizza.  Yes, you tell all your friends that you know more about pizza then them and you tell them THE PLACE to get the proper Za for your region of the world!  And we're all grateful for you...but there is someone that knows a little bit more about pizza and is gonna teach us all a few things so we can have a better time eating a slice.  Scott Wiener has a few credentials that he can hang his hat on...  he's the founder of ScottsPizzaTours in New York City.  There's a documentary about him, he has online pizza classes, rasies funds and awareness for hunger relief all around the courtry called Slice Out Hunger.  He's a professional pizza EATER!...just won first place on the Hulu Pizza TV show "Best In Dough," is in the Guiness Book of World Records, but more importantly he's the most knowledgeable person in the field of pizza BY FAR!    aaaaaaaaand we're gonna tell you the perfect Christmas gift to give anyone on your list and that's no spud!

Audrey Sherman Kelly is one of the fastest rising stars in the pizza firmament. She not only makes competition-winning pizzas, but also is a regular contributor to Pizza Today Magazine, and the creator of a grandma pizza, The Patty, that pays tribute to her son’s grandma (yes, Audrey’s mom) with a distinctive sesame seed crust. How does she do it? Audrey tells all in this episode of Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart.

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When Hurricane Sandy devastated the coastal areas of Queens and Brooklyn, there were many economic victims. But Nicole Russell, who had already lost her job, decided not to be a victim and, instead, started making original pizzas baked in her home oven, and sold them out the back door, like her signature Kiss Mi' Converse Jerk-Chicken Pizza. Thus, Last Dragon Pizza was born. Before long, Nicole had earned a big following and got invited to join a delegation of pizza luminaries to compete in Italy on the world stage in an international competition. There’s a lot more to this amazing Lazarus story, so join us on this episode of Pizza Quest with Peter Reinhart, as Nicole tells Peter how it all came to pass.

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