DAVID JACOBSON –ACRE KITCHEN & BAR

WHEN TWO CALIFORNIA PIZZAIOLI—USPT premiere member David Jacobson of Acre Kitchen & Bar in Oakland, California, and Spencer Glenn of Pizza My Heart in Pacific Grove, California—teamed up at the Real California Pizza Contest: Tournament of Champions, it sparked a little culinary magic. Vying for the top prize in the event’s Three Cheese Pizza Bake-Off, they tied for first place with chef duo Leah Scurto of Windsor, California-based PIZZALEAH and Bill Crawford of Righteous Slice in Rexburg, Idaho.

The October 17 bake-off saw 10 previous Real California Pizza Contest champions pair up into five teams tasked with creating the quintessential California cheese pizza. Required to use three cheeses from a wide selection offered by the event’s sponsor, the California Milk Advisory Board, Jacobson and Glenn showcased California mozzarella, ricotta and truffleinfused Toma on their pizza. On the other winning team, Scurto, the tournament’s overall grand-prize champion, and Crawford collaborated on a pie that highlighted California mozzarella, dry Jack and provolone.

LeSaffre

With Lesaffre’s Saf Pro Relax + YF, pizza makers get the benefits of deactivated yeast and relaxing agents in one product. This product offers a holistic solution to pizza dough production. Your pizza dough becomes easy to work with by reducing tearing and shrinking, while your final crust retains the familiar flavor only yeast can provide.

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Opera Sauce

Pizzeria guests describe Opera Sauce as “fun” and “perfect on pizza and wings.” Pizzeria operators simply say, “It’s a moneymaker!” Available in 5-oz. bottles or by the gallon, Opera Sauce delivers bold Mediterranean heat from Calabrian chilis, bright and balanced acidity from lemon juice, and savory umami from garlic, onions and porcini mushrooms. The flavor and heat elevate and enhance the pizzeria experience as an ingredient or condiment.

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Turnkey Virtual Kitchens

Ghost kitchens are a new way to add sales without adding labor costs. Twenty percent of online orders are placed with ghost kitchens (or virtual brands). Want to create your own virtual brand? Turnkey Virtual Kitchens (TVK) provides proven menus using inventory you already have. TVK onboards these new brands to all third-party sites and manages the listings. The markups ensure you still make the same profit as a traditional order. You make the food, let TVK do the rest!

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PizzaCloud

PizzaCloud’s text-enabled phone system can push callers to order your pizza online. For example: “Thank you for calling. To receive a text message with links to online ordering and a 10% off coupon, press one. To place an order or speak to staff, press two.” When the caller presses one, they receive a text message from the store with any message you want. PizzaCloud clients see as much as a 30% swing from calls to web orders after a few months.

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