2019 National Pizza Hut Pizza Championship
On Friday, October 4, eight brave pizza masters competed to be crowned Pizza Hut’s 2019 Pizza Champion. The feeling in the room was electric as the competitors geared up for the hottest competition of the year. Four of the competitors were from our very own NPC International family.
The road to Nationals included store level, area level and region level competitions over the course of the summer, culminating in an NPC-wide competition for Pizza Champ. The top performers were sent to compete at the city level for a chance at nationals. JD Greer scored high in Dallas, Heather Burton dominated the competition in Las Vegas, Cheryl Ladner earned her top spot in Chicago, and Andre Quesnell beat out all the competition in Charleston!
The competition was fierce, and our representatives did a phenomenal job. Although there could only be one champion, each finalist was regarded as a top class pizza performer.
JD Greer, the 2019 NPC Pizza Champion, made NPC proud by placing third out of the 8 competitors.
Each of our finalists represented the NPC standard and gave it their all. We couldn’t be more proud of our finalists, and the fact that half of the top eight pizza makers in the nation are part of our NPC family!
Nice job Andre
So PROUD of all of you! You were amazing!!
THANKS
We are all very proud of your accomplishments and willingness to compete. We are all winners having you on our team and representing NPC as a high level operator who is willing to invest in our teams development and success Jimmy 4628
Jimmy for the win next year!
We are so very proud of all of our NPC CHAMPIONS!!! I watched the competition on live stream and you could really feel the energy and excitement in the room. Congratulations to all of you for representing NPC so well and making it all the way to Dallas!!
Awesome job JD, Cheryl, Heather, and Andre!
We are very proud of all of you but i still say my (andre) is going to take it all home next year so get prepared
Im going to be the best pizza champion of all time #NPC
JD, Heather, Cheryl, and Andre I am so proud and thankful for how you represent the NPC spirit & culture! You are all rock stars. I was so proud to sit in the audience and see you all perform at the highest level. NPC had 4 top pizza cooks represent out of more than 44,000 nationwide. Very special
Andre trained me back in 2006/2007 as a cook at Atlantic Beach Pizza Hut, which lead to where I am now. CTU RBD Million+$ Store. TY DRE!
Y’all act like you forgot about Dre.