Laura Meyer Set to Open Her Personal Pizza Store in March 2023
Laura Meyer, the primary American and the primary girl to win the Pizza in Teglia (pan pizza) division on the World Pizza Championship (WPC), will take heart stage at a brand new pizzeria scheduled to open in Berkeley, California, subsequent month.
Because the San Francisco Chronicle experiences, Pizzeria da Laura, which debuts on March 16, will showcase Meyer’s intensive skills with pies starting from the New York and Detroit kinds to grandma and Sicilian pizzas.
Scott Wiener of Scott’s Pizza Excursions in New York has referred to as Meyer “a real pizza ninja” and “a pressure of excellent within the pizza neighborhood.” Meyer beforehand served as head chef and pizzaiola for Tony’s Pizza Napoletana and as govt chef of Pizza Rock Restaurant Group.
Meyer was simply two years out of faculty and dealing for Gemignani when she journeyed to Parma, Italy, in 2013 and earned prime honors within the WPC’s Pizza in Teglia competitors. The next 12 months, she gained the Non-Conventional division on the Worldwide Pizza Problem in Las Vegas.
The COVID-19 pandemic spurred her to enterprise out on her personal, she advised the Chronicle. “It felt like the appropriate time, with how a lot the world was altering, how a lot the business was altering, how a lot I used to be altering.”
Recipe: Laura Meyer’s Peach Pie
She launched Focaccia da Laura, a pop-up, that was so profitable, she stored promoting out of product. The expertise, she mentioned, “confirmed, sure, that is one thing I wish to do, one thing I’m going to do, and that I’m assured in myself that I’m going to do it.”
In line with the Chronicle, Pizzeria da Laura will supply 11 specialty pizzas in 4 crust kinds in addition to vegan choices, with costs operating between $18 and $38. One among them, the Ray J, is known as after her brother and options two varieties of pepperoni, a creamy stracciatella, a candy and spicy house-fermented honey, contemporary basil and shaved Parmesan. The pizza that gained the WPC trophy, La Regina, will even be on the menu, sporting soppressata, prosciutto, shaved Parmesan and arugula.
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Meyer will even honor her mentor, Gemignani, with a calzone—referred to as the G.O.A.T.—that includes prosciutto cotto, ricotta, mozz and tomato sauce.
Pizzeria da Laura will seat 75, together with 40 on the bottom flooring and 35 on the mezzanine. Lunch might be a slice-only affair whereas dinner will characteristic complete pies solely.
