Interviews

From having never made a pizza to Ooni Brand Ambassador to a worldwide pizza book release and finding LloydPans, Scott Peley is making the most of his father-in-law’s birthday gift.

The Edge Thick Square Pizza may be based in Sandwich, Mass., but pizza is the focus for Arron Capron, whose Sicilian roots inspired him to become a Detroit-style pizza maker.

There’s no better way to pay homage to the pizza world than by bringing traditionally known favorites to a new region. San Jose, California’s Slice of Homage Pizza is sharing regional favorites like Sicilian and Detroit-style with West Coast customers, and the formula is working.

Tony Gioutsos grew up in Detroit, and since moving to San Clemente, Calif. by way of Austin, Texas, he knew he wanted to bring a taste of home to the West Coast. With the help of LloydPans, a lot of hard work and a few fateful signs along the way, Gibroni’s Pizza is gaining buzz as one of the hottest Detroit-style pizzas in Orange County.

Heads up to the pizza obsessed: Tune into @PizzaChannelKevin to get your fix! For 12 years, Kevin Lynch has been making pizzas at home, and he was hooked as soon as he bought his first pizza dough ball. The “pizza gateway drug” turned into something much bigger for the video production and media professional, and he now has thousands of followers and subscribers ready for the next pizza-making video.

A photo may be worth a thousand words, but a pizza video is definitely the best way to showcase the height of frico, the pull of a gorgeous cheese slice or the edging of roni cups. Since earlier this year, Steven with @notapizzeria has taken TikTok by ‘za storm, creating content for his 28.4k followers that has us heading to our ovens faster than we can say LloydPans. 

We spoke to Gaughan about the LloydPans difference and the ovens each pan slides into.

One delicious thing about Detroit-style pizza is that the name doesn’t say it all. This versatile style has made its way across the country, from the Motor City to Vice City, and one Miami-based chef is singing its praises. 

Slide into DMs for a slice of @FiveSquaredPizza, and this is one message that won’t reject you. Quitting the corporate life to start a pizza making business is a big risk for most, but for Chicago-based Steve and Jenn Kaplan, it’s paying off in a big way with headline making pies. Customers can order Five Squared Pizza based off a weekly rotating menu by a simple Instagram direct message (don’t worry, you can still call the traditional way), and it’s a model that’s selling out like hot cakes — or in this case pizza.