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 no single route. Some came in as entrepreneurs, while others were born into it. For still others, it started as a hobby that became a calling. What connects … [Read more...] about Chain of Command: The Pizzaiolas of the USPT
By Brian Hernandez In any industry, there is an era-defining changing of the guard, a passing of the torch—or, in the pizza biz, the peel—from one generation to the next. Vittoria Trupiano of Mangia e Bevi in Oceanside, California, one of the newest and youngest members of the U.S. Pizza Team (USPT), is one of these up-and-coming next-gen pizzaioli, ready to learn from … [Read more...] about Vittoria Trupiano: A Pizza Star Rises at Mangia e Bevi
The '22 Pizza Expo Las Vegas, NV. March 2022 The US Pizza Team began it's year with a bang at the biggest pizza show in the USA, the Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. Host to the International Pizza Challenge and the World Pizza Games, USPT members old and new represented the team in numerous categories across the entire competition. USPT Premiere member Sean Dempsey of … [Read more...] about The USPT Invades the 2022 Pizza Expo
