Joe Carlucci, owner of Valentina’s Pizzeria & Wine Bar on Browns Ferry Rd. in Madison. Joe previously owned the very successful Famous Joe’s Pizzeria on County Line also in Madison. Joe started in the pizza business when he was 14 and living in Carmel, N.Y., about an hour north of New York City. Joe also is a world record holder in the Guinness Book of World Records in various pizza events. He started with his pizza toss of 21 feet, 5 inches in 2006 at the Mall of America, recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for highest pizza toss. More recently, he became the world’s fastest pizza maker at the World Pizza Making Championship in Naples, Italy, making five pizzas in 31 seconds. Carlucci calls himself “a pizza nerd” and he is a 30-year +veteran of the pizza business.
