- December 5, 2025
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Avery Payne, 6, was so excited to make his own pizza and asked owner Richard Gonzalez many questions about the pizza-making process throughout the class.
A group of children watch as their pizzas are pulled out of the oven.
Children who participated in the Slidders Pizza class each chose the toppings for their own pizzas.
Richard Gonzalez, owner of Slidders Pizza, shows a group of children the refrigerator in the back of the restaurant.
Alex Jacky, 10, watches his pizza cooking in the oven.
Richard Gonzalez shows Joshua Cribbs, 10, how to layer the pizza dough with sauce.
Six-year-old Anna Jacky carefully ladles sauce onto her pizza dough.
Each pizza was pulled out of the oven and placed in boxes for the children to take home.
Steven Tiwari, 8, prepares his pizza for layers of pepperoni, bacon and ham.
Each class got a tour of the restaurant before they made their pizzas.
WINTER GARDEN Children always inquire about the pizza-making process when they come to Slidders Pizza with their parents, so Richard Gonzalez, owner of the pizzeria, decided to create a pizza-making class for kids. Each class lasted 30 minutes and allowed children to make their own pizza. The classes ran from Monday, March 17, to Saturday, March 25, and more than 400 children participated in the classes.
After a successful week of pizza classes, Gonzalez said he is planning to host a summer camp at the restaurant for children interested in learning more about making pizza and running a restaurant.
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