Come si diventa maestri pizzaioliHow to become a master pizza maker

Pizza for passion… and for profession

Not just a job, the profession of the pizza maker is art and passion: just think of how many of us love to prepare pizza, play with its variations, learn new techniques to make dough and get better and better results.

If your interest in pizza goes beyond personal satisfaction and you want it to become a profession, below you will find some useful tips to know what requirements you need to possess to become a Master pizza maker and what is the path to follow to transform an attitude into a real skilled work.

How to learn how to make pizza professionally: courses and tournaments

A professional pizza chef must have two essential qualities: excellent dexterity and a lot of dedication. The rhythms of a pizzeria are, in fact, intense and pressing and you need to have the personal skills to manage them constructively.

It being understood that the experience is acquired "in the field", through the internship in a pizzeria, in order to qualify as professionals or instructors, it is also necessary to face a period of study that allows you to acquire the knowledge on the subject, essential to create a product that come as close as possible to excellence.

To access the Master Instructor course and obtain a certificate that certifies the relative qualification, it is therefore necessary to have a certain experience in the specific sector of pizzerias, to know the different types of pizza dough and to manage the different types of oven.

Attending the Master, which includes theoretical and practical sessions, led by specialized pizza chefs, also requires having attended a basic course at a training school for the professional figure of pizza chefs.

It is also important to compete in skill competitions with professionals from different locations: not only competition, but also networking and training, an absolutely constructive way of evaluating yourself, comparing knowledge and sharing personal experience with other pizza masters.

Starting from the basics: making pizza at home

The task of the professional pizza maker is to know the factors that contribute to the perfect success of the product: for example, the strength of the flour, the criteria for correct leavening, what are the alternative doughs ... all skills that are acquired with teaching, but also with practice.

And if you love to prepare pizza in your own kitchen, it is essential to be able to use the right tools to make it, first of all the oven in which to cook it. Today it is possible to use domestic electric or gas ovens, specific for pizza and, for this very reason, able to ensure superior cooking results.

With the electric Spice oven (in the Diavola and Caliente versions, both equipped with a recipe book and standard accessories), in a few minutes you can prepare pizzas that will have the same taste and aroma as those baked in a pizzeria.

Furthermore, the Diavola gas oven, with its patented design and specific functionality for outdoor use, excellently replaces the classic barbecue but, above all, perfectly cooks all kinds of pizza and focaccia: the ideal complement for the home training of the aspiring professional pizza maker. .

From "pizza lover" to professional, passing from home cooking

Turning the love of pizza into a real profession requires passion, study and dedication, but starting by increasing your gastronomic knowledge while practicing in your kitchen is possible: just let yourself be helped by tools specifically designed for cooking pizza.

The ability to reach very high temperatures, the structure made with materials suitable to guarantee efficiency and safety and a design that is easily adaptable even to small spaces, are the essential characteristics of domestic ovens.

In addition to functionality, these devices offer the opportunity to acquire an advanced level of knowledge on pizza preparation and cooking techniques: all that remains is to take a further step forward and attend a professional training course, realizing the dream of becoming a master pizza maker.

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