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Cornwall Pizza

The style with cheese on top. Thick crust, heavy cheese, and fifty years of arguing about who does it best.

Announcing the first ever

Cornwall Pizza Fest

March 12 – 20, 2027 · Cornwall, ON

A whole festival for a pizza style, in the city that invented it.

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Fest dates, museum news, pizza news.

A slice of thick Cornwall pizza being lifted from the pan, cheese stretching in long strands. Cornwall style · cheese on top

The main event

Cornwall Pizza Fest

March 12 – 20, 2027 Nine days · March Break · Cornwall, ON

Pizza with a purpose

Cornwall Pizza Fest is partnering with the United Way. A percentage of all funds raised during the festival goes directly to local community initiatives and housing security.

“This festival is about celebrating our incredible local culinary talent, but it’s also about lifting up our community. Having been homeless myself, I know how vital local support systems are. Partnering with the United Way allows us to give back directly to the city that makes us who we are. There’s nowhere to go but up!” — Stacey Case, Organizer

Community & education

  • Youth & teen pizza classes, running all week at Mo Events and taught by a different Cornwall pizzeria each time.
  • A dedicated Cornwall Pizza Museum exhibit, currently in development.

Entertainment & nightlife

  • A Pizza Rave.
  • A pizza-themed comedy night.
  • The pizza-eating contest, with amateur and professional divisions.
  • The Pizza Awards Banquet, hosted by Cornwall comedian Dan Allaire.

Evening programming at Mo Events.

In development

  • A live performance by Montreal musician Bloodshot Bill.
  • A live wrestling showcase featuring celebrity pizza wrestler Luigi Primo.

Arrangements still being finalised.

Own a pizzeria? Local mom-and-pop shops are invited to take part completely free of charge. Participating shops offer exclusive festival discounts through the week. Tickets and vendor registration roll out over the coming months.

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Media enquiries — read the full press release.

The project

What's coming

Cornwall's independent pizzerias built a style people recognise, celebrate and drive hours to eat. This is the plan to keep it.

  • 01

    The Virtual Cornwall Pizza Museum

    The story of the style, shop by shop — photos, history, and the people who made it. Founding Members get a permanent display.

  • 02

    The Cornwall Pizza Map

    Every pizzeria in Cornwall and the SDG counties. Free listings, downloadable, built for people who came here to eat.

  • 03

    Cornwall Pizza: The Podcast

    Long-form with the owners, the lifers and the waitresses who've got fifty years of stories and no reason to hold back.

  • 04

    Cornwall Pizza Fest — March 12–20, 2027

    Nine days for a pizza style, in the city that invented it — classes, a rave, a comedy night, an awards banquet, and the pizza-eating contest. In support of the United Way.

  • 05

    A permanent Cornwall Pizza Museum

    The long game. A real building, a real collection, and a real reason to put Cornwall on the map.

As seen & heard on

Bell Fibe TV1
Cheese On Top
CTV
News Ottawa
CBC
Featured
LiVE 88.5 FM
Ottawa

Book the Pizza Freak

One Slice Challenge

One half-pound slice of thick Cornwall pizza. One clock. Hire Stacey Case — the Pizza Freak, creator of Bell Fibe TV1's Cheese On Top — to run an official Challenge at your event.

  • A pin for everyoneEvery single contestant walks away with an official Contestant Pin.
  • Trophy for the winnerFastest time at your event takes a custom trophy and an exclusive event T-shirt.
  • On the leaderboardYour winner's time goes on the official seasonal leaderboard at cornwallpizza.com.
  • The grand finaleThe fastest eaters across the region face off live on stage at Cornwall Pizza Fest in March 2027, in amateur and professional divisions, for a brand-new pizza oven and the title of Cornwall's Fastest Pizza Eater.
The Cornwall Pizza One-Slice Challenge crew under their tent at DevFest, with hand-painted banners and Cornwall Pizza T-shirts.

Golf tournaments. Birthdays. Fundraisers. Backyard bashes.

Corporate team-building, hockey tournaments, bachelor parties, community fundraisers — the Challenge travels. Packages are affordable and flexible, and you can source the pizza from any local shop you like.

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No obligation — this just starts the conversation.