Fabrizio Busso named Canadian Pizza Chef of the Year West!
July 21, 2025
By Canadian Pizza
Photo by Colleen Cross, Canadian Pizza magazine Fabrizio Busso of Autentico Pizza & Co. of Vancouver was named Canadian Pizza magazine’s Chef of the Year West at the Canadian Pizza Summit in Calgary on July 21.
Chef Busso’s Coppa d’Oro pizza wowed judges Carlo Raillo, Wayne Rempel, Wanda Baker and Cory Medd (pictured in the photo gallery below).
Second-place honours go to the inimitable Aaron Gehrman of Emilio Finatti Pizzeria of British Columbia and third-place honours go to Justin Tanada of Cowabunga Pizzeria of Hamilton, Ont.!
Thank you to our judges, our Platinum Host Sponsor Sysco and Gold Sponsor Lactalis Foodservice Canada and congratulations to all of our competitors who brought their A game today!
Fabrizio Busso will appear on the cover of Canadian Pizza magazine and wins a trip to compete at Las Vegas Pizza Expo in March.
Watch for more coverage and photos of this first Calgary edition of the Summit online and in our October issue.