In this class, you will learn how to make one of America's most iconic pizzas taught by one of America's best Pizza Chefs - Luis Perez . Detroit-style pizza is known for its thick, rectangular crust, crispy edges, and airy interior. It's usually topped with tomato sauce and Wisconsin brick cheese, but you can add your favourite toppings to make it your own.

Detroit style pizza is an evolution of the Sicilian style style pizza that was developed, not surprisingly in Detroit. Pizza is baked in a small, deep, rectangular pan which helps shape the pizza and caramelize the cheese on the sides of the pan. The crust is thick, crisp, and chewy. The pans used to make traditional Sicilian pizza were not available in Detroit. However, thanks to the huge Automotive industry in Detroit, there were square blue steel pans available from automotive suppliers. These automotive drip collection pans were repurposed to bake the pizza, and in doing so, created a new pizza style unique to Detroit, that is a mixture of the heritage of Italy and Motor City. 

Attendees will learn how to shape the dough, top the pizza with fresh ingredients and cook it using a residential pizza oven. Participants should come with an appetite as throughout the course the instructor will be making pizzas for demonstration and tasting. Non-alcoholic drinks will be provided, but attendees are welcome to bring their own. 

Each class will start with a brief introduction by the pizza maker, their relationship with pizza and some history on pizza. A brief lecture will explain how the dough was made that attendees will be working with. From there each student will be provided with a portion of dough that they will learn how to shape into a dough ball, then hand stretch to form the base of their pizza. 

Topping the pizzas starts with spreading the sauce and selecting fresh toppings from the provided selection. After the course, students will be provided with a pizza box to take home any leftover pizza they made as well as dough balls to make their own pizza at home (bring a cooler). 

Use this gift card for a two day New York Style, or Detroit style, or to reduce the cost of a Pinsa Romana or Teglia Romana pizza class by $695, or put it towards the cost of two classics and/or napoletana classes.