Does your bakery or café have a focus on delicious fresh pizza? Bring your best signature pizza to the Original Canadian Pizza Summit and Chef of the Year competition, see how it stacks up and vie to win a trip to compete at the Las Vegas International Pizza Expo!

For the first time this exciting competition, established in 2005, will be held in beautiful Calgary at the home of our Platinum Sponsor and Host Sysco and brought to you with support from our Gold Sponsor Lactalis Canada Foodservice. Our team can’t wait to meet you and learn about your operation at this important forum for innovation.

We also can’t wait to taste some of the best pizza in Calgary and from across Canada!

Things to know:

• This pizza-focused event brings together the Canadian pizza community to connect, learn about trends and techniques, problem-solve and sample some of the best pizza in Canada.
• Competing is optional! You don’t have to compete to attend this industry event. We invite all pizzeria, bakery-café, restaurant, catering operators and their teams and their teams to come watch the chefs at work, sample great pizza, talk with pizza-focused exhibitors who want to help you grow your business and your bottom line. Register here to attend!
• It is free for bakeries, pizzerias, restaurants, caterers and their teams – professionals with a focus on pizza!
• It is a national event! We invite pizza makers from across Canada to enter the competition for a chance to win the grand prize of a trip to compete at the International Pizza Challenge in Las Vegas in March 2026 and a cover story in Canadian Pizza magazine!

This day of celebrating top-notch pizza and future trends in Canada and helping independent pizzerias network and grow their pizza business will take place on Monday, July 21, at the facilities of our Platinum Sponsor and Host Sysco in Calgary. It is generously supported by Sysco, Gold Sponsor Lactalis Canada Foodservice and our pizza-focused exhibitors!

Here are details about the Canadian Pizza Summits across Canada. Mark your calendars and plan your visits to Calgary and Toronto! See you there!