GOLD IN LAS VEGAS

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3rd place, Traditional Division Northeast/5th place OVERALL: Rico Lunardi, Slice on Broadway, Pittsburgh, PA

Congratulations to USPT member Daniel Saccone and John Garland of Saccone’s Pizza & Subs, and USPT member RC Gallegos and Juan Ponce of RC’S NYC Pizza & Pasta for taking 1st & 2nd in the American Tandem Pizza competition at the Pizza Expo, respectively. Juan Ponce also took 2nd place for the Southwest in Traditional.

3rd place, Traditional Division Southwest/5th place OVERALL:

Cristina Aceves Smith, State of Mind Public House, Los Altos, CA

3rd place, Traditional Division Southeast: Kevin Knott, The Nona Slice House, Safety Harbor, FL

3rd place, Traditional Division Mid-America: Dave Sommers, Mad Mushroom, West Lafayette, IN

Congrats also go to our two Top 5 finishers for Traditional and NonTraditional. Cristina Aceves Smith of State of Mind Public House and Pizzeria took 5th place overall in the Non-Traditional Division (3rd place for Southwest) in her very first International Pizza Challenge and Rico Lunardi of Slice on Broadway balanced it out taking 5th place overall in Traditional (3rd place for Northeast)!

With a huge field of pizza talent to be sure, our team always seems to rise to the top. Something about cream content, maybe?

Congratulations again to all competitors at the Pizza Expo! For more information about upcoming events and past USPT glory, visit www.uspizzateam.com. #pizzagold