41. Leah Scurto – Making the Jump to Pizzeria Owner

<p>Leah Scurto opened her Sonoma, California-area pizzeria, PizzaLeah, just four days before the COVID-19 shutdown. She talks candidly about the realities of operating a new business with Creative Director Josh Keown and Executive Editor Denise Greer. Leah shares how she’s lifting other women in the industry up and how her career at Pizza My Heart has helped pave the way to ownership. We couldn’t have a champion pizza maker on the show without talking pizza making, dough and competing.</p><p>Want to know more about her philosophy on pizza dough, she shared her based dough in our Knead to Know column in Pizza Today. Give it a read: Dough Tips from a Top Competitor</p><p><a href='https://pizzatoday.com/departments/in-the-kitchen/knead-to-know-dough-tips-from-a-top-competitor/'>https://pizzatoday.com/departments/in-the-kitchen/knead-to-know-dough-tips-from-a-top-competitor/</a>--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-hot-slice/message</p>