Pizza Expo Columbus 2026

Pizza Expo Columbus took place October 11–12, 2026. Educational sessions were scheduled to begin Saturday, October 10.

The show was held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio.

Attendees were billed as including owners, managers, buyers, and decision-makers from independent, chain, and franchise pizzerias and Italian restaurants, as well as food brokers and distributors. The show was restricted to trade professionals and was not open to the public.

It suited owners, managers and buyers at independent pizzerias and small chains, since the show paired a two-day show floor with seminars, workshops and live demonstrations billed as led by educators such as Scott Wiener, Will Grant and Eric Redfield. It offered less to consumers or home pizza enthusiasts, because the event was closed to the general public, and the two-day floor was a smaller commitment than a national foodservice show.

Attendees at restaurant trade shows usually wear business casual or clean chef-style work wear, with comfortable closed shoes for long hours on a convention center floor.