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Commercial Customers Utilize a Variety of Pizza Oven Styles and Business Models
Jul 06, 2018Forno Bravo makes Commercial Pizza Ovens for all kinds of businesses, from fully mobile operations to fast-casual pizzerias to high-end dining at a vineyard. In this blog, we’re going to visit with three owners who have each taken a different business path as they followed their passion for delicious food. Ultimately, all three made a Forno Bravo wood fired oven part of their journey. Read on to meet Diedra Keogh of... Read More
Bella Comes to Villa Esperanza
Jul 03, 2018Villa Esperanza, or “Village of Hope,” is a residential girls school in Managua, Nicaragua built by Forward Edge International in 2008. It is currently home to 30 vulnerable or abused girls, ages 8 – 19. Many of the girls previously lived in and around La Chureca, the 70-acre residential and industrial Managua city dump, a place marked by extreme filth, poverty, contaminated air, drug abuse, and sex trafficking. The Villa... Read More
June 2018 | No. #109; Trade Show Wrap Up, Chef Leo’s Demo, Casa2G Tree Oven Build, Chef Vito’s Recipes, Casa2G Kit with Gas
Jun 15, 2018We’re excited to be back from the National Restaurant Association Trade Show and are roaring head long into the summer build season! For those of you who already have an oven, we’d love to hear your unique story. If you’re in the process of planning your home or restaurant build, feel free to use our selection wizard and reach out with any questions. This issue of the Wood Fired Newsletter... Read More
2018 National Restaurant Association Show is a Wrap
Jun 06, 2018Booth #1068 in the South Hall of Chicago’s McCormick Place, the largest exhibit hall in the country, was our home for 4 days in May. Placed right near the escalators whisking people up from the registration area, it was a prime location to introduce thousands of attendees of the National Restaurant Association Show to Forno Bravo Pizza Ovens! People stopped to take pictures of our custom tiled Napoli120. When they... Read More
Maestro Istruttore Chef Leo Spizzirri Shows How It’s Done!
Jun 05, 2018Master Instructor Chef Leo Spizzirri wowed the crowds at the National Restaurant Association Show with his cooking demonstrations again this year. We were pleased to have him back at the Trade Show for a second time to show off our Napoli120 Wood and Gas Fired Pizza Oven, and the general possibilities of wood fired cooking in commercial settings, as well as home kitchens. Menus His menus were diverse, but two... Read More
A Tree Grows in Wyoming
Jun 05, 2018What do you get when you combine a master craftsman from Wyoming and a Forno Bravo Casa2G90 Pizza Oven Kit? Magic! …and trees. Luke Bennett is with Accent Masonry, a family-owned business out of Gillette, Wyoming that has been in business 23 years. A lot of thought, planning, long hours, and an artist’s vision went into this build. He dreamed of completing a pizza oven sculptured piece that showed a... Read More
FireWithin Hosts Upcoming Class for Mobile Pizza Business Owners
May 11, 2018July 20-23rd, 2018, our friends at FireWithin will be hosting a Wood-Fired University course in Denver, CO. This 3-day mobile wood-fired business and pizza intensive is a great way to power start your company and improve your cooking skills in one class. This will be the 42nd offering of the course. With 8 years of teaching this course and thousands of graduates— that’s experience you can trust! What’s It About? Taught... Read More
North American Pizza and Culinary Academy Opens for Classes
May 04, 2018The North American Pizza and Culinary Academy officially opened its doors on May 3, 2018. Founded by Master Instructor and world pizza champion, Chef Leo Spizzirri, and Chef Anthony Iannone, this new state-of-the-art cooking school, and test and demonstration kitchen will specialize in hands-on, interactive education for all levels and ages. The school is located just outside of Chicago in Lisle, IL. Equipment and Classes The school features several kinds of equipment, including... Read More
Forno Bravo Welcomes Guest Food Blogger, Gerry Speirs of Foodness Gracious
Apr 11, 2018Gerry Speirs of Long Beach, CA and author of Foodness Gracious is one of the newest members of our Community Cookbook, a Featured Guest Blogger, and a proud owner of a custom Napolino70 Forno Bravo wood fired pizza oven! Originally from Scotland, Gary is a blogger, photographer, cook, husband, and stay-at-home dad. His specialties are desserts and pastries, but his recipes range far and wide across the food spectrum. He... Read More
