Join the Freschetta Twitter #CPOChat 12/2 at 2PM

The Chief Pizza Officer (CPO) from Freschetta will be available during that time to answer any/all pizza questions. What qualifies someone to be a CPO?

Meet Shelly Heid, Chief Pizza Officer in charge of all things relating to FRESCHETTA® pizza – and perhaps the biggest pizza lover in the country. A FRESCHETTA® pizza devotee on the job and at home, Shelly is a full-time pizza expert, a full-time mom, and a full-time fan of flavorful family fare done right. Most of all, she knows pizza shouldn’t simply taste better, it should be better.

A part of the FRESCHETTA® brand family since the popular brand first hit the shelves in 1996, Shelly’s got a degree in Bakery Science and Management from Kansas State University – and she puts it to good use! Shelly travels the country seeking the choicest ingredients for FRESCHETTA®pizza, from flavorful mushrooms in California to succulent spinach in the Pacific Northwest. Being a part of the facility outside Cincinnati that makes FRESCHETTA® pizza, means Shelly is taste-testing pizza before most people are eating breakfast, monitoring and ensuring only the best pies make it into the country’s kitchens.

Leading her team of more than 6 people, Shelly inspects nearly a quarter million FRESCHETTA®pizzas each year to ensure that the sauce is a perfect balance of savory and sweet (she checks out the tomato harvests herself!) to complement the choice toppings: We’re talking 100% real mozzarella, Parmesan, provolone and cheddar cheeses, premium meats – think seasoned sausage, special-recipe pepperoni and delicate Canadian bacon – and crunchy veggies.

Check out Shelly’s Google Plus Profile page and be sure to join the Freschetta Twitter chat at 2pm Central Time tomorrow, Tuesday, 12/2 by following and posting with the official hashtag #CPOChat!