United States Pizza Team

U.S. Pizza Team 2003

Arriving at the World Pizza Championships	Tony Gemignani and his wife Julie
	Brian Edler competing in the fastest pizza maker competition
	Joe Carlucci competing in the fastest pizza maker competition
	George Giove competing in the fastest pizza maker category
Michael Shepherd competing in the largest dough stretch	Measuring Michael's final dough size
(left to right) Brian Edler, George Giove, Joe Calucci, Michael Shepherd	George Giove
Tony Gemignani helps judge free style acrobatics	George Giove competes in the individual freestyle event
George Giove preparing his pizza


George Giove presents his pizza to the judges	Michael Speck's luggage was lost on the way to Italy, leaving him without his pizza dough and ingredients. He improvised by borrowing an extra dough ball from Pizza Team member Jack Atlas.
Michael Speck preparing his pizza	Michael Speck walking his pizza to the judges
Michael Speck slices his pie for the judges	Jack Atlas getting filmed by the Food Network
Translator Andy Costa, explains Jack's pizza to the judges	Jack Atlas presents his pizza to the judges
Waiting to see the judges reaction	Michael Shepherd plates his pie
	Michael Shepherd describes his pizza to the judges
Joe Carlucci meticulously shapes his pizza in the form of Italy	Joe Carlucci's Italy-shaped pizza
	Joe Carlucci slices his pizza for the judges
Yum!	Big Dave Ostrander judges at the competition
(From left) Andy Costa, Jack Atlas, Tom Boyles, Big Dave Ostrander	Bread sculpture contest
	Brian Edler helps a local pizza maker with backed up orders.
The Japanese pizza team practicing for their team routine	Italian children perform a demo in between team routines
	The Japanese team, representing Hickory pizzerias, performs at Poggio Diana. This night club was the venue for the team acrobatic routine in 2003.
	The US Pizza Team prepares from the team competition. (From left) George Giove, Joe Carlucci, Graziano, Tony Gemignani
The ever-vigilant Food Network films the Pizza Team getting ready for the show.	The skit takes place in a restaurant and features two dueling pizza makers. Tony from California and George Giove from New York.
Other team members play the part of waiters	Oh my!
Proud tosser, Tony Gemignani	The Spanish pizza team
Judges scoring
Steve and Linda Green - Publisher and Co-Publisher of PMQ's Pizza Magazine	The Awards Banquet
Brian Edler places 3rd in the Largest Dough Stretch	Brian Edler with his bronze medal
George Giove recieves the award for the best pizza in North America	George Giove wins another prize, 2nd place in the Classico culinary division.
The winning shot!	Congrats, Brian!
Hooray for Giove!	The Pizza Team's farewell dinner