Pizza and mozzarella classes at Forno d'Oro, Saturdays at 11 AM

Salvatore Olivella

Wood-fired ovens

Wood-fired ovens built by a pizzaiolo

Salvatore has built 30 ovens by hand: Neapolitan wood-fired domes and ovens that burn wood and gas. He designs each one around the pizza you plan to bake, lights the first fires with your team and shows them how to work it.

Fire burning inside a brick dome oven
Hands laying bricks with mortar

Designed for service

Salvatore bakes pizza every day in his own restaurant. He plans each oven around a working kitchen: where the fire sits, how the heat moves under the dome and how long the floor stays hot between pizzas.

How an oven gets built

  1. 1VisitSalvatore looks at the space, the flue and the floor, and asks how you plan to work.
  2. 2DesignDome, mouth and floor sized for your pizza and your service.
  3. 3BuildRefractory brick laid by hand, insulation, and a finish that fits the room. About one week of work.
  4. 4First fireSlow first firings, then a session with your team at the oven.

Who he builds for

A brick pizza oven in a restaurant kitchen

Restaurants

Neapolitan domes sized for your covers and your menu.

An outdoor wood-fired oven with stacked firewood

Homes and gardens

An oven for the garden, the terrace or the house upstate.

Two people shaping an oven by hand

Built by hand

Each oven is laid by hand in refractory brick.

Tell us about your oven

Where it will go and what you want to bake. Salvatore builds anywhere, and the price comes with the quote.