Dessert Pizza: How Much Is Too Much? || Really Dough?

The formula of a pizza (“sauce, dough and cheese”) is sacred to old-school Brooklyn pizzaiolos like Lucali owner Mark Iacono. But renowned pizza enthusiast Scott Weiner believes that the beauty of the slice comes from its creative customizability; whether it’s a pizza made topped with tacos, gold, or re-constructed entirely from a bowl of ramen noodles. So with these franken-pizzas emerging fast onto the classic NYC scene, it’s Scott’s mission to deliver Mark a novel slice that will challenge his notions and spark the debate: what REALLY makes, or breaks, the definition of a “pizza”?

The dessert pizza at Gnocco honors the old Italian tradition of a chocolate hazelnut, fruit, and sugar-topped pizza…pie... or is it a pizza? Not even Gnocco pizzaiolo Federico Crociani can decide. It might be a pizza back in Italy, but is it “Really, Dough?!” A puzzled Scott devours a slice before bringing the debated pie to Lucali to see how Mark handles the question.

HOSTS:
Scott Wiener
Mark Iacono

GUEST:
Frederico Crociani

LOCATIONS:
Lucali
Gnocco

PRODUCERS:
Keith Cecere
Julie Piñero

CAMERA OPERATORS:
Rob DeMaio
Thom McKenna

ASSISTANT CAMERA:
Nick Hernandez

GAFFER:
Carlos Monino
John DePinot

AUDIO:
Sam Benitone

SENIOR PRODUCER:
Marco Shalma

LINE PRODUCER:
Emily Tufaro

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS:
Colin Webb
Melissa Kardos
Chanel Baker

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR:
Sarah Barry

POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR:
Daniel Byrne

EDITOR:
Chris “The Editor” Murphy

COLORIST:
Cole Chilton

MIXING:
Michael Coffman

ART DIRECTOR:
Ted McGrath

MOTION DESIGNERS:
Megan Chong
Fredy Delgado

ILLUSTRATOR:
Jason Hoffman

PHOTO DIRECTOR:
Drew Swantak

PHOTOGRAPHER:
Cole Saladino

DEVELOPED BY:
Leo Fernandez
Justin Lundstrom

SUPERVISING PRODUCER:
Stasia Tomlinson

CREATIVE DIRECTOR:
Tom O’Quinn

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
Justin Lundstrom

Music

“Unseen Forces” by Paddy Kingsland
00:00

“Simply” by Pasquale Castiglione
00:14

“The Godfather” by Alessandro Alessandroni
01:01

“The Messaround” by Louis Edwards, Cotton Club, Henry Richard Parsley
01:24

“Spy Out” by Klooz, Kidedo
01:50

“Saccio Na Bella Canzone” by Antonio Paliotti
02:06

“Gitane Rapide” by John Michael Etheridge
02:23

“Water Feature” by Tim Cross
03:07

“Helix Dreams” by Bijan Olia
03:34

“On The Edge” by Stuart Roslyn, Matthew Foundling
04:30

“Indian Reservation” by Cyrille Aufort
05:17

“In My Way” by Szymon Folwarczny
05:40

“Held to Account” by Samuel Bohn
06:40

“Over the Tundra” by Benjamin MacDougall
07:13

“Investigative 22” by Matthias Kruger-Wendel, Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester
07:34

“Cool's The Rule” by Neal Wilkinson, Andrew Pask
08:09

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[tosht]

*_"Pizza and Calzone...leave me alone."_* My new favorite saying. 😀 This is easily the best episode of the series so far. 👍

[ysh]

This Italian chef knows what's going on,
never get high on your own supply 😂😂

[udcaps]

lol when chef don't eat his own food

[web_dev-rlve]

Eats what he made. "Oh bro, it's too sweet." Drinks wine. "Sweet wine!" Grunts.

Lmao 😂😂

[massimomatassa]

He shouldn’t of left the green tops on the strawberries... it’s just an inconvenience, and it doesn’t look any better

[omaroats]

liked as soon as I heard Mark say "You need to work on your geometry."

[bengie]

Espresso is Iike the Italian equivalent to Russian Vodka.

[mordecainaphtale]

Lmaoooo. Good episode. It’s not a pizza. It’s a dessert pizza. Makes all the sense to me.

[scarlettvschultz]

I could watch these little gems every day ! Love the series. Pizza is life ⭐⭐⭐

[aditiiyer]

Like a sea lion is not a lion, a dessert pizza is not a pizza.

[rollercoaster]

Finally gonna say it, Mark is a DILF. And I think it's only a pizza in the way you eat it, other than that it's bread and sugar.

[rfld]

The sugar, on top of the Nutella... was just too much.

[Goonda]

The editing in these videos crack me up so much

[thrillist]

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[libertybelle]

the two of you have a great chemistry. I have watched most of your videos and really enjoy them, I like the premise and little story you have with eachother. looking forward to more vids and trying lucali's. thx for sharing

[RogueEvasion]

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[cecilycook]

Newly stuck on this series and just LOVE Mark

[-rami-]

If he went a little light on the sugar it could taste better since it really doesn’t need to taste sweeter

[vkak]

This....looks horrible too sweet.

At least the maker is honest....guy was trashing his own product.

[cindysebryk]

I loved this video. It was so fun how you worked with Mark, he really was a purest!