The World Pizza Champions and World Pizza Games took the stage at the 2014 International Pizza Expo and how!
Pizza My Hearts manager Justin Wadstein spins a mean pizza. He just returned home from Las Vegas where he won the world championship in pizza acrobatics. Photo courtesy: George Sakkestad
Who thought that playing with your food could make you 1,000 dollars richer? The participants are free to try out all the events and to claim the prize money along with the coveted title.
Wada Hotaka, of Japan, performs with his dough during the freestyle event at the pizza expo.
The trade show is organised for the Pizza Industry and is not a public show. Attendees at the event include – pizzeria or pizza-concept restaurant owners, operators and managers, as well as distributors and food brokers.
Participants compete in one or all of five events: Freestyle Acrobatics First Division, Fastest Dough, Largest Stretch, Fastest Box Folding, and the new Pizza Triathlon.