| Las Vegas Pizza | | | | As for seminars, whether you want hands on training |
| Showgirls! Gambling! Buffets! Pizza? Not | | | | or discussion forums, the Expo has it all. Last year, |
| exactly what comes to mind when you think of Sin | | | | over 70 educational seminars were offered included |
| City, is it? Yet every year in March, the world of | | | | Pizza Crust Boot Camp, How to Stop Toxic |
| pizza comes to Las Vegas, host of the International | | | | Employees from Sidetracking Your Business, Emerging |
| Pizza Expo®. The Expo isn't for the average pizza | | | | Trends in Retail/Pizzeria Operations as well as Life |
| loving public (we'll get to you in later posts) but, if you | | | | Partners to Business Partners. Attendance of |
| are an established pizza joint or just looking to become | | | | seminars is included in the registration fee, so |
| one, it's the place to be. Over the course of 3 days, | | | | attendees are encouraged to put on their thinking caps |
| March 1 – 3, 2011, attendees can participate in | | | | and learn in order to earn. |
| contests, seminars, networking events and view loads | | | | And don't forget to mingle. Whether your business is |
| of exhibits. Plans are being finalized for this year's | | | | pizza or pens, business owners in the know |
| event calendar, and if it's anything like the 2010 Expo, | | | | understand that networking is an essential part of |
| it's definitely going to be a pizza extravaganza. | | | | doing business. The Beer & Bull® Idea |
| First up, there are a few different contests that | | | | Exchange is all about dialog between the international |
| attendees can participate in, and let's face it, who | | | | pizza community. Undoubtedly the most powerful |
| doesn't want to win some cold, hard cash? Last | | | | networking opportunity at International Pizza Expo® |
| year at the 3rd annual Pizza Challenge event, the | | | | for 20 years, this signature event has provided the |
| winners in the Traditional and Non-Traditional | | | | time and place for friendly conversation and lively |
| categories went home $10,000 richer. Immediately | | | | debate with fellow pizza operators from all around the |
| following the International Pizza Challenge Finals, the | | | | world. I'm sure this year will be no exception. |
| top two winners of each division compete in a blind | | | | These are just a few highlights from last year's |
| box bake-off for more bragging honors. Chef Theo | | | | event. I'm sure 2011 has even more exciting things in |
| Kalogeracos of Perth, Australia won the $10,000 prize | | | | store. Now, THAT'S a pizza pie! For more |
| in the Non-Traditional category, and was also crowned | | | | information on International Pizza Expo® 2010 visit |
| World's Best Pizzaiolo in the blind box bake-off and | | | | <!-- --><!-- --> |
| collected an additional $5,000. That could buy a lot of | | | | [removed]// <! |
| pizza! | | | | |