Press Release More Champions from Goodfella"s Pizza School NY

Press Release: For immediate release              June 15, 2018

More Champions from the Goodfella’s Pizza School NY

Since 1992, Goodfella’s Pizza School of Staten Island NY has been training the finest pizza makers across the World.  Today June 13, students from such varying places as Northern Kentucky, Dodge City Kansas, Wyoming and Saratoga NY shared their success with the operators (of Goodfella’s Pizza School) Andrew Scudera and Scot Cosentino within and hour. “It’s no surprise that former students are successful and have won best in state in many areas such as Ohio, Tennessee and even a world Champion from Canada but when four in one day contact you, you have to feel proud of your accomplishments and being able to help others succeed” said Andrew Scudera who runs the school. Todays champions are: Wayne Cherry from Saratoga NY who won “The Best of Saratoga Region” Best Pizza 2018 Award.  Dodge City Brewing who won “The Best of the Best Dodge City” Best Pizza Award 2018 and Strong’s Pizza who won the Northern Kentucky Magazine Best Pizza Award 2018 and Fire House Pizza in Wyoming. 

Contact Scot Cosentino or

Andrew Scudera at Goodfella’s Pizza School Staten Island NY

1718 Hylan Blvd, S.I. N.Y 10305

(178)-987-2422

SAY NO TO DRUGS, YES TO PIZZA AND GET BUSY!

This simple statement made me think of my past 20 years in the pizza industry and an observation I have made after seeing hundreds of employees come and go. Kids that are genuinely busy and engaged in attainable goals are not the ones using drugs. It is the ones that are not winning, not involved the game of life with no purpose or direction that get into drugs and the attending trouble. This is especially prone to occur when their "friends" are of the same ilk. There is always someone in the crowd who thinks it's cool to smoke weed and thinks nothing of the people he or she encourages to join him in using drugs as a way of combating what I have seen over and over as  pain, upset and lack of direction. When you say "hey that is not cool" you set the tone and make it known to all how you stand and maybe the example you just set will prevent another from going down that road. 

Lady Ga Ga Pizza by Marc Cosentino

When I see kids allowed to work, create and participate I see successful kids. When I see the ones who are coddled, given everything, not allowed to contribute, work, or participate, I see trouble coming. At Goodfella's Pizza in Staten Island I witnessed this over and over through the years. The kids thet enjoyed working and playing made something out of their lives while the ones always trying to "get over" get away with doing as little as possible, end up cheating themselves in the end. Drugs, crime, welfare, dependency always follow the "do nothings". In the police department we called them "empty suits"-guys just there to collect a check and never lift a finger to help anyone but themselves. I know you've seen similar things so encourage people especially kids to help, to work, find a hobby or a sport. They don't have to be good at it but they need to be encouraged to JUST DO IT because in this life that is the big difference between happiness and misery. 

FAST CASUAL PIZZA-THE RACE FOR A PIECE OF THE PIE IS ON

Scot Cosentino of Goodfella's Pizza, the original Fast Casual/Quick Serve Pizza Concept

The latest "Gold Rush" in the multi-billion dollar food industry is Fast Casual Pizza. Fresh ingredients, made to order and delivered quickly in a casual setting is the model being followed, with tremendous interest and investment from the such contenders as Chipotle, Blaze, Live Basil, 800 Degree, Uncle Maddio's and a slew of other contenders. What they are hard at work on is re-inventing Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza- the original East Coast leaders in Fast Gourmet Pizza and New York Brick Oven style pizza, having defined the category decades ago. "A Revolving Brick Oven from the New York Brick Company is how we create our award winning pizzas at a super fast pace while retaining a consistently perfect product" said Andrew Scudera from Goodfella's. 

The emerging concepts are following a basic format and design of how the products are ordered, assembled and cooked. The main differences is the type of pizza, dough, sauce and oven design with the more high end companies going for the now standard brick oven and the the future minded entrepreneurs jumping on the New York Brick Oven Companies Revolving Brick Oven for authentic pizza with high production potential.

After major contenders failing abysmally in the red hot New York City market, many are taking it slow and are wisely playing it safe with much concept development on the west coast before attempting to take on the capital of pizza." What is to be seen is whose concept will stand out, be easy to reproduce and have staying power in what will be an area with huge potential and fantastic competition" said Marc Cosentino co-founder of the Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza chain. brickovensforsale.com

Scot Cosentino  with his International pizza trend setting "Vodka Pie" www.goodfellas.com

Mega Millions: What would you buy with the $638 million jackpot?

Of course I would invite Lady Ga Ga out for pizza at one of the Iconic American Pizza Places-Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza of Staten Island New York. Since they have their name on the international pizza trophy more than any other pizza place in the world I'm sure she will be satisfied by the gourmet pizzas cooked in the Revolving Brick Oven. Then I would hire her to perform at the christening of my new yacht after we fly my new jet to my new island with several hundred of my closest friends. A dollar and a dream baby.

Pizza Equipment-The Brick Oven is the Show

Any business requires an investment and unless your a big wall street firm or the Federal Reserve and have the ability to just "print" money, your probably on a budget and are looking to save money in any and all areas as you build. That being said, we continually get customers calling for a Revolving Brick Oven as a last minute item. Not only that but too often the request for the dimensions goes along with "I only have this much space left for the oven".

That would be like an auto mechanic building a garage and at the last moment trying to decide where his lift is going or a dentist trying to decide where to put his chair after designing the office. You get the picture. If pizza is your game then your oven is your star player and the team is built around his performance and abilities. That means you build around your oven. If it is brick oven pizza your making and if your actually using a brick oven as Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza in Staten Island does then you want to show it off and use it as a showpiece in your design. The authentic look and the activity of making pizza enhance the dining experience so why would you hide your oven? Your oven placement is key to your production also and that needs to be considered for placement too. The bottom line is design you place around the oven as focal point and the key to your delivering a great product with enough room for your workers and a good flow to and from your kithen and dining room. Happy pizza making.

The pleasure of cooking in a Revolving Deck Brick Oven

Having cooked pizza in a conventional Brick oven for 20 years I was skeptical at first but the past couple of years are an eye opener. It is human nature to "get used to" just about any circumstance we are in and the fear of change is always powerful. When I first heard of the revolving deck oven I dismissed it as a new fad but on examination it made sense especially with the constant heat provided by gas, wood and an industry first-an electric heating element below the cooking surface. The New York Brick Oven Co.'s Inferno series Revolving Deck Brick Oven is the industry leading innovation that takes all of the pain out of operating a brick oven. Moreover it makes it simple and removes the skilled labor aspect from your bottom line. No more having to keep your pizza man's head in front of a sweltering oven, no longer having to constantly turn and shuffle your pies to avoid burning from hot spots or uneven cooking from cold spots, no longer having tie up an employee to "work" the oven.

It's now as easy as just placing your pie on the rotating cooking surface, letting it rotate a couple times around and then taking it out perfectly cooked on all sides and the bottom. "A life saver" in the word's of Andrew Scudera who is co-owner of the original world famous Goodfella's Brick Oven Pizza on Hylan Boulevard in Staten Island New York and winner of several International Pizza titles. The hottest trend in the industry is one the new chains in fast casual and local gourmet pizza places are jumping on around the United States. Speed and high quality production are the watch words for these new ovens and when you add consistency and labor savings you get a combination that is hard to beat and a no-brainer for the savvy pizza operator.