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COVID-19 - To keep everyone healthy,  Frankie G and Gail will not be offering classes until further notice

Learn dough formulation, pizza shaping ​and cooking techniques. We'll make delicious pizza or focaccia from
your home or woodfired oven.

From Frankie G:
I love pizza.  I have been in the pizza business over 30 years professionally and still love it .  I believe pizza should be fun, achievable, and most of all, delicious.

We offer several pizza classes:
  • Woodfired oven
  • Home oven
  • Focaccia (woodfired and home oven)
  • Sicilian (home oven)
  • Roman (woodfired and home oven)

All classes are offered in your home kitchen or woodfired oven.  That's right, we come to you!  We bring everything needed and best of all, WE CLEAN UP WHEN WE'RE DONE!

How's it work?  To book your class, here's what to do:

1.  Pick a class and click
2.  Click on SIGN UP button
3.  Fill out form (at no cost...)
4.  Frankie G will call you to discuss and arrange.

That's it!  Pick a class today and let's get cookin'!  
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no cost to "sign up" - payment required to book date
The instruction was excellent. I am much more confident now and the recipes are easy and DELICIOUS. I tried types of pizza I would never have tried before, and loved them.
Steve Riddle
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Home Oven Pizza Class
Focaccia Class
Woodfired Pizza Class
Bread Classes

WOODFIRED Oven Pizza Classes

$600 total price for a maximum of 6 people -
4-Hour Class
(approx)

​Woodfired ovens have become very popular now. When I built mine, it was an exploration of how to use it and how to cook in it. I burned a lot of pizza. It was a lot of practice and learning to get things right. Then, to host a fun pizza party without me being stressed and it being a lot of work (or having the oven go cold or get too hot!).

Now that years have passed and I have years of practice in the oven, I want to teach my knowledge to you. No more guessing, and a lot less burnt pizza!

I wish there was a class like this back then, I could have used it. Less stress and food issues and more eating and more fun with my guests.

The beauty of having this class in your oven, is it offers you the chance to learn your oven's habits and unlock your potential oven skills.

Here is the outline for the woodfired oven class:

Here's a list of pizzas to choose from: HERE

We'll Learn:
  • timing your day
  • oven, wood, and flame management
  • fire instruction and maintenance
  • dough making and recipe configuration
  • dough handling and shaping
  • sauces and topping preparation
  • pizza shaping, building and cooking
  • post-cooking pizza creating
  • serving and creative tips

Includes:
  • lots of pizza to eat, make, and enjoy!
  • Frankie G's famous 72-hour, fermented pizza dough
  • ingredients to make fresh pizza dough
  • Ankarsrum Mixer demonstration
  • toppings for pizzas (chosen by you!)
  • Spuntino for all (Italian snacks)
  • recipes
  • instructional notebook
  • hands-on guidance and fun
Sign up for Woodfired Pizza Class

Get the most out of ​your
​woodfired oven

Classes take place at your home

artichoke flatbread
teaching fire management
margherita with fresh anchovy
Sign up for Woodfired Pizza Class
While we accept up to 6 people for this class, ​we suggest a smaller group if you would like to receive a better understanding of the technical side of heat, dough, pizza, etc. We can discuss...
cheese pizza
dough management
teaching pizza shaping
woodfired pizzas

We bring the class to you!


"Thank you for the class. It was very fun, informative, and helpful. We cooked all of the dough which was left over after you left. I couldn't stop eating. Everyone here enjoyed your class and we would recommend it to anyone who has a wood-fired oven. I look forward to taking a class on baking bread."

H.F. Layton

woodfired pizza enthusiast
Home Oven Pizza Class
Focaccia Class
Woodfired Pizza Class
Bread Classes

HOME Oven Pizza Classes

$600 total price for a maximum of up to 6 people -
4-Hour Class
(approx)
**Class takes place in the comfort of your own home**

Love to make pizza but need to know the expert's tips? Frankie G's got 'em!

Home-made pizza is delicious, any way you slice it. But would you like to make it better? Frankie G can give you an understanding dough characteristics to improve your crust's performance and target towards how you personally like your pie.

You'll learn the tricks to shape your pizza dough to promote the perfect cornicione(round end crust of the pizza) - how to perfect the balance of toppings to promote the best flavor - what toppings to use before cook or after - get the most flavor out of your ingredients.

Frankie G will coach you on all of the above, in a fun, hands-on class... and you'll get to eat pizza! Here's a list of pizzas to choose from: HERE

We'll Learn:
  • timing on preparation to cooking, then dining
  • oven cooking with stones and steels
  • dough making and recipe configuration
  • dough handling and shaping
  • sauces and topping preparation
  • pizza shaping, building and cooking
  • the art of using a peel for building/placing/moving
  • post-cooking pizza creating
  • serving and creative tips

Includes:
  • lots of pizza to eat, make, and enjoy!
  • Frankie G's famous 72-hour, fermented pizza dough
  • ingredients to make fresh pizza dough
  • Ankarsrum Mixer demonstration
  • select, hand-made toppings
  • recipes
  • instructional notebook
  • hands-on guidance - lots of fun.
Sign up for pizza class - home oven

Easy, fun, and our most popular
​pizza making class

chicken spinach and garlic
home oven pizza class
classic marherita
garlic knots
Sign up for pizza class - home oven

Classes take place in your kitchen

We bring the class to you!

Sign up for pizza class - home oven
If you're looking for the "whole package," the ultimate gift, an engaging, informative, warm and highly-rewarding experience for the whole group, then Frankie G.'s pizza class is for you! Frankie G. and his wife Gail make a warm, capable and highly-efficient fully-mobile duo. You provide the refreshments and they do the rest! We created 10 pies that were so pleasing, such aromatic high-quality combinations, they literally melt in your mouth. Our whole family LOVED it! We learned, we laughed and our senses went on a fascinating flavor journey of the delectable sort. The memory we'll treasure and the skills we learned will multiply as we apply our newfound knowledge with other friends and family members!  Thank you Frankie G. & Gail!    
Colleen Provancha-
learning about 72-hour fermented dough
focaccia "bar" sandwiches
Roman pizza from the woodfired oven
woodfired oven bread
Home Oven Pizza Class
Focaccia Class
Woodfired Pizza Class
Bread Classes

HOME Oven Focaccia Classes

$600 total price for a maximum of up to 6 people -
4-Hour Class
(approx)
**Class takes place in the comfort of your own home**

Sicilian sfincione was the first pizza I was ever taught to make. My grandmother Agatha, used to make it every holiday, and we still make it today... it's a favorite and a must for our family gatherings. Sfincione, is a thick and light, pan-baked pizza. It is topped with a tomato and green onion sauce, and topped with hard cheeses and breadcrumbs. This pizza is a must for those interested in focaccia.

In our focaccia class, we teach the basics of focaccia preparation and how to create different flavors that appeal to you. The result will be a light and soft inside, with lots of textures and flavors on the bottom and top.

You'll learn to formulate, make, and shape focaccia dough. We will design the class and flavors for your tastes and skill level, making sure that you have fun, and learn all that you want. Best of all, Frankie G will coach you with a hands on method that you will be able to recreate after the class.
Book your class now!

We'll Learn:
  • timing of preparation to cooking and dining
  • home or woodfired oven cooking techniques
  • dough making and recipe configuration
  • dough handling and shaping
  • sauces and topping preparation
  • focaccia shaping, building and baking
  • manipulation of wet dough
  • serving and creative tips

Includes:
  • lots of focaccia to eat, make, and enjoy!
  • Frankie G's famous 24-hour, fermented focaccia dough
  • ingredients to make fresh focaccia dough
  • Ankarsrum Mixer demonstration
  • a personalized selection of hand-made toppings
  • recipes
  • instructional notebook
  • hands-on guidance - lots of fun.
Sign up for focaccia class

Our focaccia classes bring the tastes of Italy into your kitchen. A great class for the vegetarian pallet.

herb focaccia
focaccia three ways in one
traditional sfincione
focaccia bar sandwiches
Sign up for focaccia class

Classes take place in your home

We bring the class to you!

Sign up for focaccia class
If you're looking for the "whole package," the ultimate gift, an engaging, informative, warm and highly-rewarding experience for the whole group, then Frankie G.'s pizza class is for you! Frankie G. and his wife Gail make a warm, capable and highly-efficient fully-mobile duo. You provide the refreshments and they do the rest! We created 10 pies that were so pleasing, such aromatic high-quality combinations, they literally melt in your mouth. Our whole family LOVED it! We learned, we laughed and our senses went on a fascinating flavor journey of the delectable sort. The memory we'll treasure and the skills we learned will multiply as we apply our newfound knowledge with other friends and family members!  Thank you Frankie G. & Gail!    
Colleen Provancha-


focaccia with fresh herbs

Home Oven Pizza Class
Focaccia Class
Woodfired Pizza Class
Bread Classes
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