Previews, recaps, product launches, and field reporting.
Pizza Expo previews and recaps, competitions and the trade shows worth a day off the line. What to book, what to skip, and how a contest pays off even when you don't place.
Scope: Expo coverage, conferences, competitions, associations
The second Midwest Pizza Expo paired a cost-heavy education program with a competition where one division drew two entries. Compiled from published coverage: who won, what the agenda says about this year, and the two moves worth making before Las Vegas.
Las Vegas is April 13–15. The pass price nearly doubles by the door, hotel booking isn't open yet, and the competition rules aren't posted. Here's what to lock now, what to wait on, and how to decide whether the trip is worth taking at all.
Roughly 680 pizza makers entered the 2026 International Pizza Challenge and almost all of them went home without a trophy — but the entry itself, worked correctly, is worth twelve months of story.
The 42nd International Pizza Expo drew 10,000 pros and 500 exhibitors. Here's what the results and the coverage say about where the craft is heading.
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