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Pizza Perfection
EASY TO MAKE AND DELIVER, THE CLASSIC ITALIAN PIZZA CONTINUES TO GET MORE POPULAR EACH YEAR – WITH PRODUCERS OFFERING EVER MORE WONDERFUL TOPPINGS.
You’ve probably heard the old yarn about why the man went into the pizza business – because he wanted to make some dough. Never has that joke been more apt than today, with the pizza market in Australia now valued at about $3 billion, and takeaway giants such as Domino’s posting profits of more than $100 million a year.
All of which makes it surprising that it took a relatively long time for pizza to reach this country. The first restaurants dedicated solely to this Italian classic opened in the late 1950s and early 1960s; Lucia’s Pizza Bar in Adelaide was probably first, with Toto’s in Melbourne launching a few years later.
As large numbers of Italians arrived here
following World War II and the influence of American fast-food culture increased, the popularity of pizzas spread. Pizza Hut opened its first Australian outlet in Belfield, Sydney in 1970; Domino’s followed in 1983 with a store in Springwood, Queensland that offered home delivery – a revelation at the time.
Since then the market has exploded, with a mix of traditional pizza restaurants and takeaway joints found in every city and town throughout the country, offering a meal that’s made to order, quick to deliver, tasty and filling.
As the industry has grown, so has the variety of toppings, with classic combinations joined by everything from
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kangaroo to red peanut curry. Dessert pizza is also becoming more popular, with the likes of chocolate and marshmallow, and caramel and apple toppings.
However, for the man or woman looking to make dough from the pizza business, there’s one lesson to learn: quality is key. And that’s where Moffat’s OEM range comes in. Manufactured in Italy, this collection of pizza equipment includes spiral mixers (making it easy to get consistent results with dough), dough dividers and rounders (to reduce your prep time), hot presses (which can easily produce 250-300 bases per hour) and ovens to suit every shape, size and quantity of pizza. www.shop.bunzl.com.au/moffat
1. MOFSG691LNG single deck gas pizza oven. 2. MOFPF35MT pizza press form. 3. MOFVALIDO835ADG 2 deck electric pizza oven. 3.
