*Pyzano's ties for 1st at Icon Estates Pizza Bataglia
In Napa Valley four pizza makers were chosen to compete in a Pizza Battle. Set at Franciscan estates winery, each team were given different mystery baskets with three secret ingredients. The teams were then given two different wines that had to be paired with the secret ingredient. The teams were only allowed ten minutes to create two pizza recipes. All chefs lead separate groups of sommelier's from around the world. Each team had to make fifteen pizzas in thirty five minutes and present them to the judges.
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Pie in the sky
(This Article Appeared in The Daily Pilot)
Six-time world champion pizza tosser performs at the county fair.
By Lindsay Sandham, The Daily Pilot
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie ... Teresa Acevedo was feeling the amore Sunday when she was lightly struck by a flying pizza at the Orange County Fair. The 5-year-old from Paramount giggled as the raw dough landed on her face, covering her with flour.
It was the work of Tony Gemignani, a six-time world pizza-throwing champion, who demonstrated his unique pizza-tossing style during four performances in front of Enzo's Pizzeria, which supplied Gemignani with the dough.
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