# Chef's Table Assembles Culinary Avengers

> David Gelb watches Massimo Bottura rescue a pizza during Chef's Table Festival.
- Title: Chef's Table Assembles Culinary Avengers | Shortify
- Summary: David Gelb watches Massimo Bottura rescue a pizza during Chef's Table Festival. Massimo Bottura saved a pizza from being discarded by folding it into a…
- Keywords: chef's table, massimo bottura, park city, netflix, pizza, calzone, Chef's, Table, Assembles, Culinary, Avengers, The Hollywood Reporter
- Source: The Hollywood Reporter — https://hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/chefs-table-culinary-avengers-las-vegas-netflix-1236685621
- Author: Melinda Sheckells
- Published: 2026-09-23T21:58:50+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: chef's table, massimo bottura, park city, netflix, pizza, calzone
## Pizza Rescue at Festival
David Gelb watched Massimo Bottura rescue a pizza during August's Chef's Table Festival in Park City.
## Bottura's Intervention
A cook working with Franco Pepe was about to discard a pizza that didn't meet the pizzaiolo's standards.
## Calzone Transformation
Bottura folded the pizza into a calzone, sauced it, sliced it, and fed event attendees.
## Bottura's Chef's Table History
Bottura starred in Netflix's Chef's Table series in 2015 and returned for Pizza episode in 2022.
## Gelb's Perspective
Gelb, creator of Netflix's Chef's Table, felt the pizza rescue was scripted.
## Key takeaway

Massimo Bottura saved a pizza from being discarded by folding it into a calzone during Chef's Table Festival in Park City.