What happens when two big-name pizzaiolos publish a book of recipes? They throw a pizza party, of course.
On two consecutive nights in November, Tony Gemignani and Laura Meyer will hold a cross-Bay bash with cookbook signings, pizza, wine and the chance to meet the elites of pizza-making. Many-time pizzaiolo champion Gemignani is a local institution whose San Francisco restaurant, Tony’s Pizza Napoletana, routinely wins high awards from 50 Top Pizza, an Italian media company that ranks the world’s best pizzas. (He was ranked No. 6 this year.)
“The Pursuit of Pizza: Recipes from the World Pizza Champions,” by Tony Gemignani, Laura Meyer, Nick Bogacz and Mike Bausch (Courtesy Windermere Press)
Meyer is a protege of Gemignani’s who last year opened her own restaurant in downtown Berkeley, Pizzeria da Laura. She’s an award-winner in her own right, having snagged top billing at the World Pizza Championship in Italy and the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas.
On Nov. 11, the chefs and party attendees will gather at Gemignani’s North Beach restaurant, Capo’s, and then on Nov. 12m head across the water to Pizzeria da Laura. Both nights feature all-you-can-eat pizza, two beverage tickets for drinks both boozy and not, and a copy of their 2024 cookbook, The Pursuit of Pizza: Recipes from the World Pizza Champions. The book features nearly 50 recipes from pizzaiolos and World Pizza Champion winners, and can be signed by Gemignani and Meyer.
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Also in attendance will be three world-championship winners whose recipes are in the book: Adam Sachs, Ken Bryant and Spencer Glenn. If you ever wanted a professional opinion on whether Hawaiian pizza is really pizza, now’s your chance to hear it from the horse’s mouth.
Details: The parties run from 5-7 p.m. each night and are $75 plus fees. For tickets, search “Tony Gemignani and Laura Meyer” on Eventbrite.com. Capo’s is located at 641 Vallejo St., San Francisco, and Pizzeria da Laura is at 2049 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley.
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