It’s been a busy last few months! Holidays, work and life and general has caused an absence of updates on Pizza Journey. So to kick start the site again, I thought I’d put all the posts into one story. A simple story told in photos of all the fun and cooking that is to be had in a backyard wood oven. We’ve certainly been making the most of it at Chateau Toogood Lawrence. With everything from Paella to Roast Duck…
A long weekend! Starting at 7.00am Saturday with a visit to Bunnings to get compressed cement sheet and pre-mix concrete before Ben (renderer dude)’s arrival. The day ticked along with the measuring, cutting and placement of the Hebel slab, followed by cutting and placement of the cement sheet. Whilst I swore like a sailor building the formwork, Ben (Grub) worked on the first coat of render for the oven stand. Finally at 2.00pm I’d finished one section of formwork and…
An Adelaide institution, A Rundle Street mainstay and one of the biggest dining rooms in the city, it’s Brunelli’s. With a wood oven that’s been cranking out pizzas since before Jesus made his first outdoor setting, Brunellis is the latest pie joint to go under the scrutiny of 3 hungry designers. Unusually two of us visited Brunelli’s only a week previous to get some pies for a cocktail party. We normally don’t pre-sample our test restaurant, but like the proverbial mountain, it was there. On that occasion, lubricated…
Base Pizza, the new venture by Adelaide hoteliers, Vicki Franzon-Lewis and Tony Franzon – owners of The Bath Hotel has opened it’s doors to an eager public and a hungry design crew. In this month’s installment of Zynke Pie Day we head to Base Pizza. What was once a Auto spare parts store sharing a wall with the Bath Hotel water feature, is now a wood oven pizza joint serving small plates and cocktails. Opening onto the beer garden deck…
The week started with a day by day block laying challenge. I promised myself to stack a layer each day after work. Doesn’t sound like much – but with limited time and sunshine after work it was a good goal. By Thursday night I was done, next operation was core filling madness. Up early to visit my new friends at Kennards Hire at 7.00am to get myself a cement mixer for this morning’s efforts. Next stop was Forster’s to purchase…
Today we installed the first section of a new backdrop to the Pizza Oven. After the old trellis was removed, some selective chainsawing of trees and hacking away of some iris flowers we were able to get this latest operation started. The screens were gratefully donated by Adam Riley of Riley Ceilings. Originally a part of his balcony, they were removed to make way for new glass walls. After about 5 hours of hard graft, some clever measuring and some…
