2022 September Board Book

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ed Zimmerman The Food Connector for the CMAB ezimmerman@thefoodconnector.com 415.785.8539 Jennifer Giambroni California Milk Advisory Board jgiambroni@cmab.net 209.690.8244

12 Chefs Make National Pizza Contest Finals For Innovative Recipes Showcasing Real California Cheese Real California Milk’s 4 th pizza competition celebrates innovation in pizza for foodservice Tracy, Calif. – June 3, 2022 – The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) today announced the 12 finalists for the 2022 Real California Pizza Contest (RCPC) – the fourth nationwide search for the best foodservice pizza recipes that include the most innovative uses of Real California cow’s milk cheeses. The professional chef finalists will compete in three categories during a public bake-off event in Napa, Calif. June 22, 2022 for awards totaling $30,000. Winners will be selected by a panel of expert judges including Tony Gemignani, chef, restauranter, international pizza authority and President of the World Pizza Champions; Glenn Cybulski, certified pizzaiolo and award-winning executive chef; and Spencer Glenn, executive chef at Pizza My Heart and 2021 RCPC Grand Prize Winner. The judges chose the 12 finalists from more than 100 blind-judged entries from throughout the United States, in the Cal-Mex, REAL Californian, and Plant-Forward recipe categories. “After four years, we continue to be inspired by the innovative use of our California cheeses in pizza contest entries. For such an established foodservice category, chefs haven’t run out of ideas