Every Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. Eastern, you can participate in a live Facebook chat with a pizza industry expert.

Bruce Irving with Smart Pizza Marketing hosts pizza experts each Tuesday night via his Facebook page.

The last two weeks, his interviewees have included Chef Billy Manzo from Federal Hill Pizza in Providence, RI, and Pizza Diet spokesman Matt McClellan.

For those who missed the live chats, you can view the recordings in their entirety through the links below.

Billy Manzo (view chat by clicking here) discusses some restaurant trends he predicts for 2018. Billy is always experimenting and trying to stay on the cutting edge of the pizza/culinary world. He shares some of his insights on this episode.

Look for the following highlights:

– Manzo's new gluten-free pizza crust
– How to attract and retain employees
– His non-profit Chef's Feeding Kids
– A new culinary project, FoodBuzz

Matt McLellan (view chat by clicking here) has been an advocate for the Pizza Diet for many years and has even graced the cover of PMQ Pizza Magazine. On this episode, Matt discusses how to teach your customers to look at pizza in a different light.

Look for highlights such as the following:

– What is the pizza diet
– How the pizza diet works
– How to educate customers
– Retain sales and customers
– Teach people how to establish a healthy relationship with their favorite foods–especially pizza!

Next Tuesday night at 8 p.m. Eastern, Bruce will host a live chat on location at Bambolina Pizza in Salem, MA. Tune in here.