From dough prep to podium moments, this gallery captures PMQ’s U.S. Pizza Team competing on the world stage in Rimini, Italy, alongside hundreds of international competitors. Scroll for highlights from the full crew, including Sean Dempsey’s Dessert gold, Giovanni Labbate’s Pizza & Beer pairing podium finish, and the behind-the-scenes moments that made this trip … [Read more...] about GALLERY: Pizza Senze Frontieres – Rimini ’26
Italy Pizza Competition
Carrots Take the Cake in Rimini as the U.S. Pizza Team Grabs Gold
Sean Dempsey wins Dessert Gold as Giovanni Labbate Pizza & Beer Pairing lands Him on the podium Some trips are vacations. This one was more like the training montage from Rocky, except the soundtrack is oven fans, the stakes are international (like Rocky IV!), and the funky gym odors are replaced with the glorious aroma of fermented dough. Pizza Senza Frontiere in … [Read more...] about Carrots Take the Cake in Rimini as the U.S. Pizza Team Grabs Gold
The Cheese Wheel of Fortune
Three Days of Dough, Destiny, and Galbani Greatness in Orlando By Brian Hernandez, USPT Dir., PMQ Assoc. Editor There is a particular magic to Italian food culture. The kind that makes grown adults tear up over a wheel of Parmigiano cracked open like buried treasure. The kind that turns mozzarella into mythology. At the Galbani Professionale Pizza Cup, held last week at the … [Read more...] about The Cheese Wheel of Fortune
