Leo DiCesaris

Today marks one year mark since I started my first day at Goodfellas pizza school in New York. Over a year ago I went on a quest to find a place to explore more about my passion for pizza and learn how to produce authentic New York pizza. My search brought me to Goodfellas and the rest is history. The school is run by Champion pizza makers Scott and Andrew who have decades of knowledge and experience making pizza (winning championships) and running a successful restaurant. I went into the school with a love for pizza and very limited knowledge about the industry. In one week of the master class, I went from rolling my first dough ball to making my first pizza, to even making pizzas for their customers. The knowledge, recipes, and skills I developed have been an integral part in starting my Pizzeria. Flash forward one year from the start of Goodfellas pizza school, I have now had my own Pizza concept for six months and will be trying to follow in the footsteps of Andrew and Scott by competing in the Pizza Expo. I highly recommend this school for anyone looking to get into the industry. The resources knowledge and insight it will provide you are invaluable. Andrew and Scott were great to work with and again very knowledgeable and professional. If you are looking to get into the pizza business and haven’t found the right place to look, look no further than GoodFella’s Pizza School of New York! Also, note that the experience continues well after the school as they have numerous resources available to you and will be more than glad to guide you and lead you in any way they can from questions to concept design and more. I also Highly recommend their brick ovens from the New York Brick Oven Company. Very pleased with the quality of pizza and the speed of production from their ovens, not to mention the money it saves on skilled labor!