William Manzo, owner of Federal Hill Pizza Co. of Cranston, RI has been asked to join the World Pizza Champions. The World Pizza Champions™, America’s #1 Pizza Team™, are made up of founding members Michael Shepherd of Michael Angelo’s Pizza in Kenton & Rushsylvania, Ohio; Tony Gemignani & Ken Bryant of Pyzano’s Pizzeria in Castro Valley, CA; Joe Carlucci of Famous Joe’s in Danbury,CT; Siler Chapman of Si’s Pizzeria in Fort Mills, SC and Sean Brauser of Romeo’s Pizza in Medina, OH. Each member has earned the highest awards in several different categories in the pizza industry. Many pizza operators worldwide consider these professionals and pioneers to be the best pizza makers in the US.
Team members have appeared on the Today Show, Tony Danza Show, The Tonight Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, ESPN, the Food Network, Good Morning America, BBC Radio, and have been featured on numerous industry magazine covers.
They have come together to form an affiliation to promote their restaurants and their skills. Individually each of them has performed in shows across the nation, but now they plan to tour the world as a team. The World Pizza Champions™, America’s #1 Pizza Team™, perform and/or compete at numerous festivals, fairs, sporting events, and food shows year-round.
Mr. Manzo will be joining team members in Naples, Italy June 12 & 13, 2007 to compete in the First Annual World Pizza Cup. This is Manzo’s third competition but first as part of the World Pizza Champions team.