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We brought The Hot Slice Podcast to Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. Find out what hot pizza industry trends Editor in Chief Jeremy White and Executive Editor Denise Greer have found in the exhibit hall. There’s a big one that you couldn’t miss: plant-based options. See what else they discover in this episode. Find out more about International Pizza Expo at http://pizzaexpo.com.

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It’s Pizza Expo week so we are bringing back one of our favorite episodes of 2021 with Giovanni (John) Cesarano, one of Long Island’s King Umberto’s youngest partners. We talk continuing the family business and infusing fresh perspective. John loves to bring new and innovative products to the menu. Don’t miss John reveal his biggest menu success and worst flop. This episode is hosted by Editor In Chief Jeremy White and Executive Editor Denise Greer.

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Serhan Ayhan grew up in the pizza business at his family’s restaurant, Boston Pizza in Queens, New York. But what happens after the family retires? That’s what Creative Director Josh Keown and Executive Editor Denise Greer explore with Serhan on this week’s The Hot Slice Podcast.

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This week, we get a primer on the mobile pizza business from Siler Chapman, mobile operator and vice president of PerfectingPizza.com. He shares who’s getting in the business, startup costs, challenges and profit opportunities with mobile pizza units. This episode is hosted by Editor In Chief Jeremy White and Executive Editor Denise Greer.

Want to go more in depth? Siler will be instructing a four-hour intensive workshop at Pizza Expo on August, August 15. More on the Workshop at https://www.pizzaexpo.com/education/workshops/#w02-launching-a-mobile-pizza-business-250

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Pizza Expo Update after Bill Oakley’s recording: In accordance with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guidelines, the state of Nevada has instituted the following face mask directive:

• Everyone, both vaccinated and unvaccinated, are required to wear face masks in ALL public, indoor spaces in the state of Nevada. Please note: these public, indoor spaces include exhibit halls, meeting rooms, and lobbies
  Masks will be made available at the event, if needed

We are three weeks from Pizza Expo 2021. Show Director Bill Oakley is on the podcast to give us an inside look at our upcoming Las Vegas show and conference. Bill lets us in on what’s new, what’s changed and some behind-the-scenes details. He shares our health and safety protocol and what to expect at the show. For more on Pizza Expo 2021, visit https://pizzaexpo.com.

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This week’s guest, Nicole Russell, just wrapped Season 1 of her hit series, Pizza Wars on First We Feast. On the show, Nicole competes with leading chefs, making some of the most trending pizzas today for a panel of celebrity judges. Nicole owns Last Dragon Pizza in Rockaway, Queens, New York. She dishes on the show, her business and what direction she wants to take it, pizza mentors, women in the pizza industry, traveling to Italy and Pizza Expo. This episode is hosted by Executive Editor Denise Greer and Creative Director Josh Keown.

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The first year of running a pizza business is tough enough without throwing in a worldwide pandemic and a worker shortage. Hear the story of Bart Weidlich, who opened Kidder Street Deli in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, just four months before the COVID-19 shutdown. This episode is hosted by Pizza Today Editor In Chief Jeremy White and Executive Editor Denise Greer.

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This week, we revisit a pizza-packed episode with a Pizza Today contributor and pizzeria owner, Audrey Kelly of Audrey Jane’s Pizza Garage in Boulder, Colorado. She’s an inspiration, making the leap from pizza maker to pizzeria owner. She dives into her dough process, her versions of Sicilian and Grandma pies and more. This episode is hosted by Editor In Chief Jeremy White and Executive Editor Denise Greer.

Audrey talks:

• Neapolitan Beginnings
• Offering Multiple Pizza Styles
• Competing on a World’s Stage
• Transitioning from Pizza Maker to Pizzeria Owner
• Dough-making Process
• Maintaining a Starter
• The Slice Business
• Audrey Jane’s Culture
• Third-party Delivery

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Like many in the pizza business, Pete Tolman didn’t set out to do pizza. But, when he did, he dialed everything in, from the gorgeous Detroit-style pizza, business planning, marketing, and décor to create Iron Born, a hot spot pizza brand with two locations in the Steel City. On this episode, he dives into his business incubator beginning, developing the concept, the pizza and growing Iron Born.

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Owner and pizzaiolo Vincent Rotolo shares some jewels about moving Good Pie into a bigger location, the unique business environment of Las Vegas, enlisting the help of pizza legends, building a strong employee culture and the pizza styles that connect Vincent to his heritage.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-hot-slice/message