S3 Episode 3 - Joshua Hedquist

From young felon to successful owner of Minnesota pizza chain OG ZAZA - Joshua Hedquist's life story is astonishing and inspiring. How he went from in prison and a 9th grade dropout, to fine dining kitchens in Florida and Minnesota, to opening the most buzzed about pizza restaurant in the Twin Cities. He talks about addiction and what made him quit alcohol and get sober. And is his pizza burned? Hedquist explains the New Haven style of pizza and the surprising way he landed on that in a frank, no-holds-barred conversation.

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