Peter Reinhart is an internationally known author, consultant, and a beloved teacher of bread and pizza. His books have won four James Beard Awards, including “Cookbook of the Year” for The Bread Baker’s Apprentice (2002), and his first pizza book, American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza (2003), is credited with helping to initiate the artisan pizza movement in America. He’s been on the faculty of Johnson & Wales University for the past 24 years, and for the five years before at The California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. Peter and his wife, Susan, founded the acclaimed Brother Juniper’s Bakery and Cafe in 1986, in Sonoma County, CA, which led to 13 books, numerous television and radio appearances, a TED Talk and, for the past 12 years to his website and podcast series, Pizza Quest with Peter.

Peter has developed pizzas and other products for dozens of frozen food and baking companies, and he has served as consulting partner for two pizzerias in Charlotte, NC, where he is based. His two most recent books, Perfect Pan Pizza (2019), and Pizza Quest: My Never-Ending Search for the Perfect Pizza (2022), provide recipes for over 60 pizzas of every style.

As a self-declared “pizza omnivore”, Peter says: “All pizza is good, no matter what style or form it takes, but my quest is to uncover what separates good from great pizza. And by great, I mean memorable. It all begins with the crust and when pizza is crafted with a great, properly fermented crust, the possibility of greatness is there for the taking.”