Retention, recognition, and building a pizzeria family where short-term jobs grow into lifelong careers. Click here for The Hallway Chalkboard of Pizza (How do you like them pies Pt. 2) David Sommers has seen firsthand how one breakthrough moment—like solving the chalkboard problem in Good Will Hunting—can flip a switch for a young employee. With training, structure, … [Read more...] about How Do You Like Them Pies Part 3: It’s Not Your Fault (It’s Your Culture)
Training, mentorship, and the structure that flips the switch from job to career. Last time on How Do You Like Them Pies? Like Good Will Hunting, this story begins with hidden potential—except instead of Matt Damon, it’s the college kid on the make line. Some hires come and go for gas money, but every so often, someone shows the spark to turn a pizza job into something … [Read more...] about How Do You Like Them Pies Part 2: The Hallway Chalkboard of Pizza
How a campus job becomes more than rent money, and why spotting “wicked smaht” hires matters. Did you know the famous line in Good Will Hunting—“Do you like apples?”—was originally supposed to be “Do you like pizza?” The Apple Coalition lobbied to change it. I jest, of course. But the analogy goes deeper than maybe even intended. In a way, that film is a hidden metaphor for … [Read more...] about How Do You Like Them Pies Part 1: Apples, Pizza, and Potential
How Dave Sommers of Mad Mushroom Is Shaping the Global Pizza Stage, One Judging Gig at a Time They say you’re not a true pizza aficionado until you’ve done at least two things: judged an international competition and eaten your weight in cheese. For David Sommers of Mad Mushroom, based in the Hoosier and Bluegrass States (Indiana and Kentucky, for the geographically … [Read more...] about Fjords, Flour, and Fierce Competition
Seven members of the U.S. Pizza Team (USPT) represented American pizzaioli with pride and honor in the 31st edition of the World Pizza Championship, held in Parma, Italy, on April 9-11. As culinary competitions in the pizza industry go, this is the big one, and USPT members shone once again on the international stage. Tore Trupiano, owner of Mangia e Beve in Oceanside, … [Read more...] about 2024 World Pizza Championships
