2008
2nd Place in World Pizza Championship
2007
2nd Place in Las Vegas Championship
1997
1st Place in World Pizza Championship
World Famous Pizzaiolo
Chef Antonino Esposito born in Sorrento, Italy, has had a passion for food from a young age, which evolved from working in some of Sorrento’s finest restaurants and pizzerias to owning them!
CHEF ANTONINO ESPOSITO
Owner of three very popular restaurants in Italy, he has won several accolades over the last decade. Chef Antonino, who is known for his ingenuity in the artisanal pizza industry, recognizes quality, and for that reason he is now proud to promote Pivetti, 100% soft wheat, “00” flour from Italy, imported exclusively by Atalanta. Combining traditional values with the highest quality products, Pivetti has become the crown jewel of one of Italy’s most reputable Pizzaiolo’s is supporting them 100%!
Chef Tommaso Damasco is a baker and pizzaiolo from Imperia, Italy. His love for food and baking has led him across the globe, studying under some of the most famous bakers in the world. Most recently, Chef Tommaso served as the chef and owner of Damasco’s Pizzeria and Spaghetteria in Beigrade, Montana, and as the head baker at Butcher and Bee in Charleston, South Carolina.
CHEF TOMMASO DAMASCO
Chef Tommaso studied in Italy, and at the San Francisco Baking Institute in California, as well as apprenticed under Chef Franco Pepe - Caiazzo, Italy, Chef Salvatore Santucci - Naples, Italy and with Pivetti’s own Chef Antonino Esposito!
MEET GINO RAGO
Gino Rago is the multi-talented chef and passionate proprietor of Panino’s Pizza in Chicago. In April 2014, Gino was Chicago’s only representative on the US Pizza Team. He and seventeen American pizza makers competed in the World Pizza Championship in Parma, Italy. Through the experience he learned pizza-crafting techniques and intricacies from chefs from around the world. Gino now uses his experience to keep customers coming back to his Lakeview pizzeria, Panino’s.
Sponsor of the U.S Pizza Team