U.S. Pizza Team Council
TEAM CAPTAIN - Tore Trupiano
Mangia E Bevi, Oceanside, CA.
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COMPETING MEMBER Rep - Rico Lunardi
Slice on Broadway, Pittsburgh, PA.
1st Place - 2021 Virtual US Pizza Cup
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CULINARY COACH Vitangelo Recchia
Bella Napoli Pizzeria & Restaurant, Port Charlotte, FL.
2nd Place: Pizza in Teglia, '23 World Pizza Championships
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PREMIERE MEMBER REP - Sean Dempsey
Dempsey's Brewery Pub & Restaurant, Watertown, S.D.
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USPT Dir. Brian Hernandez
PMQ Pizza Magazine and US Pizza Team
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ATHLETIC COACH David Sommers
Athletic Coord., Mad Mushroom, West Lafayette, IN.
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COMEPTING MEMBER REP - Mike Pitera
Pizza a Modo Mio, Charleston, SC.
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Premiere Members
Giovanni Labbate
Tievoli Pizza Bar, Palatine, IL.
Lenny Rago
Panino's Pizzeria, Evanston, IL.
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Michael "Wolf" Athanasopoulos
The Lamb and the Wolf, Sallisaw, OK.
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Patrick Maggi
Maggi's Pizza & Subs, Damascus, MD.
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Michael P. LaMarca
USPT Team Captain, Master Pizza, Cleveland, OH.
1st Place: Hulu's Best in Dough - Best in the Midwest Episode
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Bruno Brunetti
Panino's Pizzeria, Chicago, IL.
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David Conti
Red Planet Pizza & BBQ, Ansonia, CT.
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Derrick Tung
Paulie Gee's Logan Square, Chicago, IL.
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Jose Flores
.Lover's Pizza, Sanford, FL
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Leonardo Giordano
Mona Lisa Pizzeria, Staten, Island, NY.
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Dan Uccello
Flo's Pizzeria, Grand Rapids, MI.
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David Jacobson
Cheezy's Artisan Pizza, Oakland, CA.
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Josh Owens
Mad Mushroom, Lafayette, IN
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Massimo Mannino
Nina's Cucina Italiana, Greenville, NC.
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Rick Wheeler
Mad Mushroom, Lafayette, IN.
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Competing Members
Craig AllenBaugh
Sauced Pizza & Catering
Brandon Davis
Novella's Pizza, New Hudson, MI.
RC Gallegos
RC's NYC Pizza & Pasta, The Woodlands, TX.
Melina Piroso
The Pizza Bandit, Littleton, CO.
Vittoria Trupiano
Mangia E Bevi, Oceanside, CA.
Ray Cullison
Charlie's Rustic Pizzeria, Kingman, Az.
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Kira Zabrowski
Much Ado About Pizza, Pleasanton, CA.
Top 10 Finalist 2021 US Virtual Cup
IPC: 2022 :: Traditional Division: 4th place overall, 2nd place Southwestern Region
IPC: 2023 :Traditional Division: 27th overall,11th in Southwestern Region
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Constantino Anezinos
Zorba's Pizza & Pasta, San Francisco, CA.
Salvatore Passalacqua
Marrabella Old World Pizza, Greenville, NC
Enrico Aguila
Uncle Rico's pizza, Ft. Myers, Fl.
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Nicholas Harper
Piece of Pie on Hartwell, Fairplay, SC.
David Solum
Danger Von Dempsey's Brewhaus, Aberdeen, SD
Jon Garland
Saccone's Pizza, Austin, TX.
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Mark Zabrowski
Much Ado About Pizza, Pleasanton, CA.
IPC:2022 : Non-Traditional: 44th
IPC: 2023 : Non-Traditional: 47th
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James Terwilliger
The Pizza Consultant, San Diego, CA.
Deserai Satullo
Sauced Wood Fired Pizza, Fairview Park, OH.
Kyle Rosch
Brenz Pizza Co. Columbus, OH.
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Alex Fotiadis
Corleone’s Famous New York Pizza And Gyros, Daytona, FL.
U.S. Pizza Team Emeritus
Member Quotes
"The only thing better than having so many fellow pizza competitors, is having this much pizza family."
"Maddon! Nothing beats a good fig glaze on your pizza."
"Sometimes I pizza. Sometimes I party. Most times I do them together."
