‘The Food Guy’ to Host Pizza City Fest Los Angeles

Steve Dolinksy, a 13-time James Beard Award-winning food reporter and “The Food Guy” at NBC 5 Chicago, will host the inaugural Pizza City Fest Los Angeles, April 29-30 at L A LIVE

The event will offer fans the opportunity to sample pizzas from Southern California’s best pizza makers all in one location over two days

Dolinsky has written two books on pizza, launched a weekly tour business, hosts and produces the “Pizza City” podcast, and last summer introduced the first Pizza City Fest in Chicago The sold-out event showcased the region’s unsung pizza artisans and styles, while also showing guests what goes into great pizza making

“I’ve seen the L A pizza scene explode recently, having visited about 60 places while researching over the past year, ” said Dolinsky “But with so much great pizza spread out from Santa Barbara to San Diego, there needed to be a way to highlight these artisans all in one place Not only will we do that, but we’ll also bring together some of the most talented local pizza pros to share their knowledge and expertise with home cooks ”

In choosing to host the Los Angeles event at L A LIVE, Steve found a partner venue that is not only known for hosting world-class sports and entertainment happenings, but also has a rich tradition of staging iconic culinary events “We are incredibly excited to welcome the inaugural Pizza City Fest Los Angeles to L A LIVE,” said Lee Zeidman, president, Crypto com Arena, Microsoft Theater and L A LIVE “We pride ourselves on bringing unique first-time events to downtown Los Angeles, partnering with Steve made perfect sense ”