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ARMENIAN-OWNED PIZZERIA DELIVERS PIES, LAUGHS AT OSCARS
15:27 03.03.2014
In one of the Oscar's most talked about moments, the sea of A-list
celebrities sitting front row at the ceremony got a little more than
the golden statue they were hoping, as host Ellen DeGeneres treated
the likes of Martin Scorsese and Brad Pitt to some good old fashioned
pizza, Ianyan Magazine reports.
The pizzas, carried on stage by a delivery boy came from none other
than Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria, an L.A.-based, Armenian-American
chain who is now garnering fans left and right. As Ellen walked around,
offering pizza to Leonardo Dicaprio (who politely declined) and a
pregnant Kerry Washington (who accepted and noted another pregnant
woman nearby needed some too), the Big Mama's representative kept
his cool, delivering his pies like a pro.
At one point, Brad Pitt stepped in to help with paper plate
distribution.
The chain, founded by Aro Agakhanyan who came to Los Angeles from
Armenia when he was only 12-years-old has grown considerably to 20
locations across Southern California.
Since the age of 16, Agakhanyan worked at pizza chains as a cook while
he was still going to school in Glendale, Calif. but the road to open
his own pizza place was filled with years of challenges, he explained
in an interview with celebrity and personality interviewer Gary James.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/03/03/armenian-owned-pizzeria-delivers-pies-laughs-at-oscars/
15:27 03.03.2014
In one of the Oscar's most talked about moments, the sea of A-list
celebrities sitting front row at the ceremony got a little more than
the golden statue they were hoping, as host Ellen DeGeneres treated
the likes of Martin Scorsese and Brad Pitt to some good old fashioned
pizza, Ianyan Magazine reports.
The pizzas, carried on stage by a delivery boy came from none other
than Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria, an L.A.-based, Armenian-American
chain who is now garnering fans left and right. As Ellen walked around,
offering pizza to Leonardo Dicaprio (who politely declined) and a
pregnant Kerry Washington (who accepted and noted another pregnant
woman nearby needed some too), the Big Mama's representative kept
his cool, delivering his pies like a pro.
At one point, Brad Pitt stepped in to help with paper plate
distribution.
The chain, founded by Aro Agakhanyan who came to Los Angeles from
Armenia when he was only 12-years-old has grown considerably to 20
locations across Southern California.
Since the age of 16, Agakhanyan worked at pizza chains as a cook while
he was still going to school in Glendale, Calif. but the road to open
his own pizza place was filled with years of challenges, he explained
in an interview with celebrity and personality interviewer Gary James.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/03/03/armenian-owned-pizzeria-delivers-pies-laughs-at-oscars/