By Vitangelo Recchia Roman pizza didn’t begin with a trend. It began with a stone, a fire and a flatbread. If you want to understand what it truly is, you need to understand where it came from before you can...
Two new ambassador appointments show how opportunity follows involvement. There’s a reason so many of the pizza industry’s biggest brands turn to U.S. Pizza Team members when they’re looking for ambassadors. They want talented pizza makers, but they also need...
I didn’t reach out to Arthur Erickson because he’s a pizza guy. I reached out because I’m a pizza guy who’s also a drone nerd. As CEO and co-founder of Hylio, Erickson spends his days building autonomous drones that help...
Chris Battiste’s first Caputo Cup. A ninth-place finish. Just getting started. For most pizza makers, Naples is both a pilgrimage and a proving ground. Chris Battiste of MiaAva East Coast Pizza in Pahrump, Nevada, arrived there last week carrying a...
Five female members of the U.S. Pizza Team talk craft, confidence and making themselves impossible to ignore. There are a lot of ways to get into pizza, and the women helping shape the U.S. Pizza Team (USPT) prove there is...
If you and your pizza skills have something to prove, and plenty of people to prove it to, we have you covered. REGISTER TODAY and secure your spot before someone else claims it. Learn more and sign up at uspizzateam.com/cpc26....
For pizza makers, some competitions are simply contests. Others become career milestones. This summer, three members of PMQ Pizza’s U.S. Pizza Team will find themselves on exactly those kinds of stages. John McCaffrey of Yellow Bridge Brewing Tap and Table...
Winning the 2025 California Pizza Challenge earned Juan Robles of Triple Beam Pizza more than a trophy. It opened the door to a life-changing opportunity to compete at the 2026 Campionato Mondiale della Pizza in Parma, Italy, where the world’s...
Americans love pretending they don’t care about soccer right up until the World Cup starts. Then the same people who haven’t watched a match in four years suddenly remember how offsides works and start acting like they’ve been emotionally invested...
By Vitangelo Recchia Roman pizza didn’t begin with a trend. It began with a stone, a fire and a flatbread. If you want to understand what it truly is, you
Celebrating the state’s long history of producing some of the country’s finest cheese, the California Pizza Challenge will feature 5 culinary events to showcase California cheese, with a Secret Basket Showdown for the Grand Prize of a trip to International Competition in 2026! There will also be a slew of Pizza Athletic categories demonstrating the dexterity and agility needed in the kitchen on a busy night.
From the competition floor to unforgettable team moments, this U.S. Pizza Team photo gallery captures the crew’s trip to the Campionato Mondiale della Pizza in
Winning the 2025 California Pizza Challenge earned Juan Robles of Triple Beam Pizza more than a trophy. It opened the door to a life-changing opportunity
