Jesse Pricer

Restaurateur & Founder · Restaurateur & Festa Founder

Jesse Pricer is the founder of Festa and the driving force behind the brand's mission: to make wood-fired cooking accessible, social, and genuinely fun. Before launching Festa, Jesse owned and operated his own restaurant — an experience that shaped everything about how he thinks about food, equipment, and the moments that happen around a table. After years of hosting backyard pizza nights, running a professional kitchen, and testing every oven on the market, Jesse set out to build something better — an oven engineered for real people who want real results without the learning curve. Every detail of the Festa oven, from the dual-burner system to the stone geometry, reflects Jesse's belief that great food brings people together. His restaurant background means he doesn't just understand what makes a great oven — he understands what makes a great experience. When he's not refining the next Festa product, you'll find him in the backyard doing exactly what he built the brand to do — cooking for the people he loves.

Recipes by Jesse Pricer

Detroit Style Pizza

Want to know a secret? Detroit style pizza might just be the easiest pizza you'll ever make in your Festa Oven — and according to a lot of people who know their pizza, it's also the most delicious. No spinning, no stretching, no chasing dough across a peel. You press it into a pan, pile on the cheese, and let the Festa Oven do what it does best. The result? A thick, airy crust with a bottom so crispy it crackles when you pick up a slice, surrounded by those legendary caramelized cheese edges that people will be talking about long after the party's over. This is the pizza you make when you want to impress. And the best part? It's almost impossible to mess up.

beginner12 min