|March 2010 - Theo crowned 2010 World Champion Pizza Maker|
Theo wins 2010 World Champion Pizza Maker title at the Las
Theo was the winner of the Non‐Traditional category, impressing the judges with his desert pizza "Strawberry Fields" – creating history with the first desert pizza to win the category. In competing for the overall title, the four finalists were shown a black box, which contained a range of ingredients from which they could select. The common theme of the pizza had to be chicken, but they could then choose whatever else they wanted to use from the black box.
From the time they were first shown the ingredients, they had approximately 20 minutes to prepare, bake and serve their pizza creation to the judges. Theos winning creation included chicken, pesto, onions, mushrooms, mozzarella, smoked mozzarella, roasted pine nuts and shaved parmesan. Theo was crowned the 2010 World Champion Pizza Maker ahead of approximately 50 competitors who gathered from countries around the world, representing Italy, France, USA, UK and Canada.