I’m super glad I managed to speak with Thom Elliot, the co-founder of Pizza Pilgrims, who makes authentic Neapolitan pizzas in Central London and across the country. Pizza Pilgrims started life in 2011, after Thom and James drove a three-wheeled Piaggio Ape back from Italy on a 6 week ‘Pizza Pilgrimage’ of discovery to learn everything there is to know about pizza.
I love their latest venture, the Pizza Academy, which is designed to inspire young people to choose hospitality as a career and be a center of excellence for all things pizza. In this episode, we discuss why they created the business in the first place, the power of balancing the pace of growth, and eating rituals.
Links:
Pizza Pilgrims
‘Pizza: History, recipes, stories, people, places, love’ by Thom Elliot and James Elliot
‘Pizza Pilgrims: Recipes from the Backstreets of Italy’ by Thom Elliot
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