Inside Righteous Slice's rise to world-class pizza

About this episode

Andrew Crawford and Rivka Sears discuss their success at the International Pizza Challenge and their future in pizza-making.

Andrew Crawford and Rivka Sears can hardly believe they're now among the top pizza-makers in the world. The two employees of Righteous Slice in Rexburg just returned from the International Pizza Challenge in Las Vegas. Crawford took third place in the Traditional American Division out of 100 competitors. Sears took the top spot in the Best Neapolitan Pizza category out of 80 participants. On this week's episode of "It's Worth Mentioning," Rett Nelson sits down with the duo to talk about the contest. They give their reaction to their performance and discuss what the tournament was like. Crawford and Sears, both in their 20s, share their career aspirations. Crawford currently works as the general manager at Righteous Slice. His parents started making Neapolitan pizza when he was 9 years old and opened the restaurant at 175 West 2nd South, Ste. 100, eight years later. Making pizza is a skill he's honed over the years, and he shares whether more pizza is in his future. Similarly, Sears -- a vocal performance major at Brigham Young University-Idaho -- talks about whether her participation in one of the most prestigious pizza contests has convinced her to change careers. Then, Rett…

People in this episode

Host: Rett Nelson

Guests: Andrew Crawford, Rivka Sears

Topics covered

• pizza-making
• competition
• career aspirations
• Righteous Slice
• International Pizza Challenge

Keywords

• pizza
• Righteous Slice
• International Pizza Challenge
• career
• Neapolitan pizza
• competition
• Rexburg

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Righteous Slice, Brigham Young University-Idaho

Places: Rexburg

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