Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 minutes ago

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We hope you enjoyed the World Premiere of The Secret Ingredient episode featuring John Arena. Tommy Schneider @TommysPizzeria , pizzeria owner turned filmmaker, provides an intimate look at John Arena, pizza master and pizza community champion in his new series, The Secret Ingredient. John Arena is co-founder of Metro Pizza in Las Vegas and Truly Pizza in Dana Point, California. He’s a pizza industry icon, mentor and inspiration to many.

The team at Pizza Today joined Tommy and John on a special post-premiere panel discussion to talk about the film episode, pizza making and great pizza makers. Learn what it was like to be on location during the filming, response from John’s sneak preview of the film and more about the pizza documentary film series.

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