Online Class
Get ready for a 90-minute hands-on online class where you’ll learn to create Italian-style meatballs, rich homemade tomato sauce, and the perfect NY-Style pizza dough. Then, we’ll use your meatballs to create two delicious dishes: Spaghetti and Meatballs and a New York-style Meatball Pie.
After purchasing this class, Pizza University will email you an access link to the live Zoom session, a preparation manual with ingredients and recipes, and, a few days after the live session is over, a link to the recording available for rewatch for one week.
During the 90-minute session, we will cover:
- Italian-style meatballs
- Homemade tomato sauce
- NY-Style pizza dough
- How to use your meatballs to prepare classic Spaghetti and Meatballs.
- How to make a New York-style meatball pie with marinara sauce, mozzarella, ricotta, and your homemade meatballs.
This class is perfect for cooks of all levels, with an ingredients list sent in advance for those who want to cook along. Join us for a fun and delicious cooking experience!
Meet The Instructor
Leo Spizzirri
“Spizzirri knows pizza like Michelangelo knew marble.” – Pat Bruno Chicago Sun-Times food critic
Maestro Pizzaiolo Leo Spizzirri isn’t just a chef with some good pizza recipes in his repertoire. He’s obsessed with all things pizza and wants to share his knowledge with you!
Spizzirri’s love for pizza was fed by his earliest childhood memories. He spent hours watching, and assisting, his Mom and Nana Gilda in the kitchen while they created all kinds of traditional Italian dishes. They encouraged his love for food and tolerated his perfectionist manner as well as the messes that came with all his experimentation.
Since then, he’s gone on to be trained by Head Master Graziano Bertuzzo and 13-time World Pizza Champion Tony Gemignani and today he holds the distinction of being 1 of only 100 worldwide Master Instructors from the Scuola Italiana Pizzaioli in Venice, Italy and he is a member of the World Pizza Champions, America’s #1 Pizza Team.
While his expertise has given Spizzirri the chance to travel the world, make regular appearances on television programs, and make pizzas for many celebrities, ultimately, he’s passionate about teaching people of all ages and all experience levels how to take their pizza craft to the next level.
His outer tattoo wearing, punk rock loving persona is unmatched by his technical knowledge and relaxed teaching style. He will encourage you to learn from your mistakes and inspire you to experiment on your own to become your own “Culinarian and Pizzoligist!”
Testimonial From Our Student
Frequently Asked Questions
Downloading the Zoom app is not necessary, but it is recommended.
Yes! When you sign up for the online class, you will receive an email with:
- The meeting link and passcode
- A link to a printable course guide (which includes tool and ingredient lists)
- A message and instructions from the instructor
We recommend being in the waiting room at least 10 minutes before the session starts.
If you want, sure! If not, you can cook when you watch the class recording that you will receive a few days after the online session is over and that will be available to rewatch for one week.
Absolutely! A moderator will make sure that most questions asked via Zoom chat box are answered during the live session.
Yes, a few days after the live online session is over, you will receive a link to a recording of the class which will be available for rewatch for one week.