The Wood-Fired Blog
FireWithin Hosts Upcoming Class for Mobile Pizza Business Owners
May 11, 2018July 20-23rd, 2018, our friends at FireWithin will be hosting a Wood-Fired University course in Denver, CO. This 3-day mobile wood-fired business and pizza intensive is a great way to power start your company and improve your cooking skills in one class. This will be the 42nd offering of the course. With 8 years of teaching this course and thousands of graduates— that’s experience you can trust! What’s It About? Taught... Read More
North American Pizza and Culinary Academy Opens for Classes
May 04, 2018The North American Pizza and Culinary Academy officially opened its doors on May 3, 2018. Founded by Master Instructor and world pizza champion, Chef Leo Spizzirri, and Chef Anthony Iannone, this new state-of-the-art cooking school, and test and demonstration kitchen will specialize in hands-on, interactive education for all levels and ages. The school is located just outside of Chicago in Lisle, IL. Equipment and Classes The school features several kinds of equipment, including... Read More
Forno Bravo Welcomes Guest Food Blogger, Gerry Speirs of Foodness Gracious
Apr 11, 2018Gerry Speirs of Long Beach, CA and author of Foodness Gracious is one of the newest members of our Community Cookbook, a Featured Guest Blogger, and a proud owner of a custom Napolino70 Forno Bravo wood fired pizza oven! Originally from Scotland, Gary is a blogger, photographer, cook, husband, and stay-at-home dad. His specialties are desserts and pastries, but his recipes range far and wide across the food spectrum. He... Read More
April 2018 | No. #107; Pizza Expo Wrap Up; Foodness Gracious; Bella Trailer; Basil Shrimp and Flatbread Recipes; NRA Show
Apr 08, 2018We successfully made it back from the 2018 Pizza Expo. What a wild ride! It was great to see so much energy around wood fired ovens. There was a lot of excitement at our booth about our commercial ovens and our new Bella Mobile Pizza Oven Trailer, as well as our vast residential selection. We enjoyed so many great conversations with both current Forno Bravo owners and with soon-to-be Forno... Read More
2018 International Pizza Expo Demo Wrap-up
Mar 28, 2018The Forno Bravo Booth was buzzing at the 2018 International Pizza Expo as Maestro Instruttore and World Pizza Champion, Chef Leo Spizzirri kept us fed, educated, and entertained for 3 days! We created quite the traffic jam in the aisles as 60 – 100 people stopped by to watch each live cooking demonstration. All of the dishes were cooked in a Forno Bravo Napoli120, custom tiled for the show. Thanks to... Read More
Business Support Available for Wood Fired Concessionaires from Fire Within
Mar 16, 2018Opening a new wood fired mobile business can be an exciting adventure! Forno Bravo ovens are perfect compliments to mobile trailers and concessionaire businesses. Fire Within, a company out of Denver, CO has worked closely with Forno Bravo for many years and offers excellent resources for new business owners to help get them started or to continue on their culinary journey. Going Back to School for Hands-On Training New... Read More
A Visit with Brigit Binns
Mar 14, 2018The Forno Bravo Team caught up with Brigit Binns recently in her kitchen at Refugio Paso Robles, a culinary learning center, and vacation rental retreat. She was busy preparing for her upcoming sold-out class, “Pizza and Beyond: Wood Fired Oven Weekend Master Class”, and of course, cooking. Brigit was excited to share her Bella Ultra 40 Stainless Steel Pizza Oven with the group during the demonstration part of the class. She... Read More
March 2018 | No. #106; New Home Page, Visit with Brigit Binns, Photo Contest, Easter Buns
Mar 08, 2018It’s so hard to believe that March is already upon us! The first crocuses came out this week and spring is always an energetic time. At Forno Bravo Central, we’re busy preparing for our second appearance at the International Pizza Expo (Next week!) and with the Pizza Oven High Season upon us, we can’t wait to start bringing our customer’s builds and visions to life…. Read More
February 2018 | No. #105; Kits vs. Fully Assembled Ovens, Pizza Expo Demo, Photo Contest, Sunday Chicken Recipe
Feb 26, 2018As the days get a little lighter, the desire to start planning spring builds begins to percolate in pizza lovers around the world. So many choices! So many options to find the right one! From the full blown do-it-yourselfers who enjoy using our Pompeii Oven plans to build from scratch, to the creative finishers of our modular oven kits, to home owners who prefer to bring in a fully assembled... Read More
