Giovanni Labbate on Premium Pizza, Food Trucks, and Tievoli Pizza Bar

About this episode

Giovanni Labbate discusses building a premium pizza brand and the journey from food truck to restaurant success.

Giovanni Labbate from Tievoli Pizza Bar joins the Pizza King Podcast to talk about building a premium pizza brand, growing from food truck operations into a successful restaurant, competing on major pizza stages, and refusing to race to the bottom on price. In this episode, Giovanni shares lessons from growing up in the pizza business, working in corporate restaurant operations, opening Tievoli, using competitions to improve the menu, and building around quality, systems, service, and consist...

People in this episode

Host: Tyrell Reed

Guest: Giovanni Labbate

Topics covered

• premium pizza
• food trucks
• restaurant growth
• pizza competitions
• quality in food

Keywords

• premium pizza
• food trucks
• restaurant operations
• pizza competitions
• quality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tievoli Pizza Bar

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