{"id":133692,"date":"2023-02-09T10:10:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692//?p=133692"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:26:43","slug":"ucf-alum-entrepreneur-fires-up-a-pizza-food-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692//ucf-alum-entrepreneur-fires-up-a-pizza-food-truck/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692//","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ Alum, Entrepreneur Fires up a Pizza Food Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three billion. That/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u2019s about how many pizzas are sold in the United States every year. This year, Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ Rosen College of Hospitality Management alumnus Dylan Pittman /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201922 plans to serve hundreds of pies through Pizza Pitt Stop, a food truck he recently launched./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/n

Pizza Pitt Stop currently serves customers across Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida. Among its signature offerings is the Talladega, Pittman/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u2019s personal favorite, which has a green flag sauce, combining the flavors of Alfredo and pesto with chicken and bacon./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201cEver since I was a kid, I have always wanted to have my own restaurant,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201d says 21-year-old Pittman. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201cIt wasn’t until a few years ago that my mind moved from a traditional brick-and-mortar to a food truck. I just saw a lot of fun opportunities for a situation where every day at work was unique and would never get stale./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/n

To turn his dream into a reality, Pittman earned his bachelor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u2019s in restaurant and foodservice management from Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ Rosen College of Hospitality Management in May 2022. While at the college, he quickly completed his general education classes to concentrate on his primary goal: learning about the food and beverage industry. He completed his degree in three years./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201cMy favorite class was Foodservice Operations, where we were in charge of our own pop-up food event on campus for our peers and professors to participate in,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201cMy group developed a pop-up event entirely based around dumplings, where we would use dumplings as a fun and unique vessel for other foods like chicken parmesan./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201cIt was great to be able to talk to someone in the industry that could provide a professional yet personal discussion about the idea of putting together a food truck./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u2014 Dylan Pittman /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201922, Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ alum/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/n

It was during that class that Pittman connected with chef Jay Judy, a senior instructor in the Department of Foodservice and Lodging Management. Judy turned out to be a great mentor for Pittman and his pizza food truck business./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201cChef Jay Judy did a great job supporting our ideas and is just a good leader. I was always able to come to him with questions and ideas,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201d Pittman says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201cI took this class in the last semester of my senior year, so I was really starting to make moves with the truck./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/n

Pittman considered a few different cuisines to build a food truck around, but realized pizza just made sense./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/133692/n