New Record Set at Sea: World's Largest Pizza Party

Plenty of cruise lines swear they serve the best pizza. But only one cruise line can now claim to hold the Guinness World Record for World’s Largest Pizza Party. Over 60,000 slices of pie were served fresh from the oven over multiple ships across the Princess Cruises fleet simultaneously in July, 2024 to set the record.

· Total Weight of Dough Used: 6,512 pounds

· Total Weight of Flour Used: 3,417 pounds

· Total Weight of Pepperoni Slices Used:1,393 pounds

· Total Weight of Cheese Used: 2,323 pounds

The feat was staged in honor of Princess Cruises’ new partnership with Chef Tony Gemignani, the 13-time World Pizza Champion and dubbed the ‘greatest pizza maker in modern history.’

Chef Gemignani has created two pizzas exclusively for Princess, each with a blend of savory flavors and premium ingredients, from Soppressata sausage and hot honey to agave pesto and fresh goat cheese. The chef has also provided recipes for three of his signature, award-winning pizzas, and Princess Cruises expects the new partnership and recipes to help the cruise line rise from strength to strength in its quest to provide the best pizza at sea.

Chef Gemignani’s recipes will initially debut at Alfredo’s onboard the new Sun Princess, with plans to extend to the rest of the Princess fleet this summer. Chef Gemignani personally trained Princess chefs at his famous Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco and onboard Princess ships, ensuring all five pizzas are prepared to replicate his original, hand-crafted pizzas at sea.

Chef Gemignani is the most decorated pizzaiolo in American history, an award-winning chef, restaurateur, master instructor, philanthropist, founder of Slice House by Tony Gemignani, and author of PIZZA, The Pizza Bible, and The Pursuit of Pizza. Born and raised in Northern California, he opened his first restaurant in San Francisco in 2009 – Tony’s Pizza Napoletana. The restaurant was met with immediate success upon opening and was named the best pizzeria by multiple media outlets.

Over the course of his career, Chef Gemignani has achieved 13 World Pizza Champions, two-time Food Network Gold Medalist, four World Recird titles/records and opened more than 30 restaurants. He’s appeared on multiple television series and specials.

The new Chef Gemignani-designed pizzas will take center stage at Alfredo’s and Gigi’s specialty pizzerias, charming, sit-down venues, as well as the complimentary Slice locations found on the Lido Deck of Princess ships.

Princess is now a two-time World Record title/record holder having broken a Guinness World Record for hosting the largest marriage vow renewal ceremony in multiple venues on 11 February 2020 after 1,443 couples participated onboard three ships in ‘The Love Boat’ fleet.

Similarly, Chef Gemignani, who was part of the previous record for “World’s Largest Pizza Party” set in 2023, is now a four-time Guinness World Record holder, including “World’s Longest Pizza,” “Most People Tossing Pizza Dough at Once,” “Largest Pizza Base Spun in Two Minutes,” and “Most Consecutive Pizza Rolls Across the Shoulders in 30 Seconds.”