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First TV AppearanceWith Chef Roy Fares
Pietro Mazzella's very first television appearance, built around the dessert pizzas that made Brother Bruno's a destination.
Press & Media Kit
Wayne, New Jersey · Slice house since 1976
Press &
Media Kit
Fifty years of pizza on Hamburg Turnpike, and a dessert pizza that keeps ending up on national television. Coverage of Brother Bruno's Pizza, Deli & Bagels and Pietro Mazzella — from the Food Network kitchen to the six o'clock news.
Featured On
- Established
- 1976 · 50 years
- Ownership
- Family owned & operated
- Location
- Wayne, New Jersey
- Shipping
- Next day, all 50 states
- Known for
- Dessert pizza
- Franchise opportunities
- 5 current franchisees
About
Founded by Aniello and Vincenzo Mazzella, Brother Bruno's Pizza, Deli & Bagels has served Wayne, New Jersey since 1976 — fifty years, one family, one counter. The slices, cheesesteaks and classics that built the shop have made it a local institution known to generations of Wayne families, and next-day nationwide delivery through brotherbrunodirect.com has carried it well past New Jersey.
Pietro Mazzella is the second-generation owner. He joined his father and uncle behind the counter and has helped grow a local legend into a national brand. He has cooked on Food Network's Chopped, stretched dough alongside Robert Irvine on Cooking Channel, and put the shop on Travel Channel's Food Paradise, PIX11, News 12 New Jersey and iHeartRadio's KTU 103.5.
Who to book
Pietro Mazzella — owner and second generation. Comfortable live, on tape, and in studio. Builds dessert pizza on camera in under five minutes.
Segments filmed on site have full kitchen access: deck ovens, prep bench, dining room and counter.
On Television
07 Appearances
Travel Channel — Food Paradise
2016First national feature
The Cookie Monster dessert pizza goes national, along with next-day shipping to all fifty states.
Food Network — Chopped
CompetitorComfort Food Feud: Pizza
Pietro Mazzella took the Chopped kitchen for the pizza episode, cooking against the clock and the basket.
Watch the clip →Cooking Channel — Cheat Day USA
FeatureWith Robert Irvine
Robert Irvine's tour of America's indulgences stops in Wayne — dough stretched side by side on the bench.
PIX11 News
LiveBroadcast from the shop
A live morning segment shot inside the Wayne pizzeria, ovens running and the counter open.
News 12 New Jersey
Multiple SegmentsIncluding the dessert pizza feature
Repeat coverage across the years, most watched for the dessert pizza segment.
Watch the segment →NBC New York
FeatureWith Ashley Bellman
The viral rainbow cookie dessert pizza — Nutella, homemade icing, sprinkles and whole rainbow cookies on a stuffed birthday cake cookie dough crust — featured for local pickup and nationwide delivery.
On The Air
Radio
KTU 103.5 Morning Show
Live InterviewiHeartRadio, New York
Pietro Mazzella live on the morning show with the KTU 103.5 team in New York — dessert pizza delivered to the studio.
In Print & Online
Ongoing
NorthJersey.com & NJ.com
50th AnniversaryDessert pizzas · Family legacy · Half a century in Wayne
Years of local reporting on the shop, the dessert pizza that travels, and the Mazzella family behind the counter.
Read the anniversary story →On Set
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Anniversary
Fifty years on one corner
A family pizzeria that opened in 1976 and never moved, in a town where most of the block has turned over twice.
Signature item
The dessert pizza, built live
A full pie finished with cookies, candy and chocolate — assembled on camera start to finish, and shipped to all fifty states.
Personality
From the counter to the Chopped kitchen
A working pizza maker who competed on Food Network and went back to the same deck oven the next morning.
Seasonal
Holiday and event pies
Custom dessert pies for holidays, viewer giveaways and studio deliveries — lead time is short and the pies travel.
Media Inquiries
Booking · Assets
Press contact
Pietro Mazzella
Owner, Brother Bruno's Pizza, Deli & Bagels. Available for on-camera segments, live demos, tastings, studio deliveries and dessert pizza builds.
973-790-3321
200 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, NJ 07470
Photography on this page is courtesy of Brother Bruno's Pizza, Deli & Bagels and may be used in editorial coverage with credit. Broadcast-quality stills, b-roll and logo files are available on request.
Brother Bruno's Pizza, Deli & Bagels · Est. 1976
Wayne, New Jersey
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