Pizza Quest, Season Three, Episode 4: Pizza Champion Tommy Garnick’s Artisan Journey in the Desert

Written By Peter Reinhart

Thursday, 23 June 2022 Pizza Quest Webisodes | Pizza Talk

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Tommy Garnick is known and loved throughout the pizza world as the Grand Champion of the 2019 California Milk Board Pizza Competition, and as the former owner of Brava Pizza in Denver, and as an instructor at The Fire Within Wood-Fired University. More recently, however, Tommy has relocated to Tucson, Arizona, where he and his partners are building a multi-purpose artisan culinary and crafts center, Artesana, including a showcase for some of the most beautiful kiln-fired tiles from all over the country. This is a major work-in-progress for Tommy and, in this episode, he takes us on a tour of what he’s creating out there on the edge of the desert, and talks about the compelling vision that drives him forward. And, of course, we talk about his prize-winning pizza too — how could we not?

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Pizza Quest is a site dedicated to the exploration of artisanship in all forms, wherever we find it, but especially through the literal and metaphorical image of pizza. As we share our own quest for the perfect pizza we invite all of you to join us and share your journeys too. We have discovered that you never know what engaging roads and side paths will reveal themselves on this quest, but we do know that there are many kindred spirits out there, passionate artisans, doing all sorts of amazing things. These are the stories we want to discover, and we invite you to jump on the proverbial bus and join us on this, our never ending pizza quest.