Your Pie

Your Pie is an American fast-casual restaurant brand specializing in individually customized pizzas. The concept was started in Athens, Georgia, in 2008 by Drew French and developed around a build-your-own format that combines the speed of quick-service dining with elements associated with artisan pizza. Customers choose a dough, sauce, cheese, and toppings, after which the pizza is cooked in a brick oven. The chain’s standard pizza format is a 10-inch pie, and its menu also includes pasta bowls, salads, gelato, craft beer, and wine. The idea originated from French’s experience working in the kitchens of franchise restaurant brands during college and from a 2006 honeymoon trip to Ischia, an island in the Gulf of Naples with family connections for French’s wife. French observed the prevalence of brick-oven pizza in Ischia and saw that custom pizzas could be prepared quickly without abandoning the visual and culinary appeal of a made-to-order product. This observation became the basis for a fast-casual restaurant in which guests could assemble their own pizza and watch it move through a high-temperature brick oven. Your Pie’s core proposition is customization. The brand describes a selection of hand-tossed dough, house-made sauce, all-natural cheese, and approximately 35 topping ingredients. This format allows customers to create individual combinations rather than selecting only from a fixed menu of composed pizzas. The use of brick ovens is central both to the preparation method and to the brand’s positioning, linking operational speed with a more craft-oriented restaurant experience. The company operates primarily through franchised restaurants. According to the referenced Wikipedia article, Your Pie had approximately 70 locations across 19 U.S. states at the time of that article’s description. Its operating footprint has therefore been national within the United States, although it is not an internationally famous or globally distributed brand. Restaurant locations have been associated with a broad fast-casual environment that may include local beer and wine offerings alongside pizza, salads, pasta, and Italian-style desserts. Your Pie received early industry attention as its franchise system expanded. Entrepreneur listed it among its Top New Franchises in 2013, and 1851 Magazine included it in a 2013 group of restaurants to watch. In 2015, the brand’s Peach Prosciutto craft-series pizza won the East Coast Pizza Championship. These recognitions supported the company’s differentiation around inventive toppings, customization, and regional or seasonal menu development. The brand’s principal competitive identity is thus a made-to-order pizza restaurant positioned between conventional delivery or limited-service pizza and full-service dining. Its appeal rests on customer participation, short preparation times, brick-oven cooking, and a menu broad enough to accommodate non-pizza choices. Available reference material does not establish a current corporate owner, public listing, chief executive, official website, or more recent location count, so those fields remain unspecified.

Your Pie was founded in Athens, Georgia, in 2008 by Drew French. Before creating the concept, French worked in the kitchens of several franchise restaurant brands during college. This background exposed him to the operating practices of franchised foodservice and helped inform the development of a restaurant model designed for repeatable preparation and expansion. The concept’s origin is associated with a May 2006 honeymoon trip that French and his wife took to Ischia, an Italian island near Naples with family ties for French’s wife. French encountered brick-oven pizza throughout the island and noticed that custom pizzas could be assembled and cooked quickly. He subsequently developed the idea of a build-your-own pizza restaurant that would combine rapid service with a more individualized and artisan-oriented product. The resulting brand used brick ovens as a defining part of its preparation process and customer experience. Your Pie’s format centers on a 10-inch pizza that each customer can customize. Guests select among hand-tossed dough, house-made sauce, all-natural cheese, and a wide range of toppings. The referenced material identifies approximately 35 topping ingredients. This approach gives the chain a flexible menu architecture: the same restaurant can serve customers seeking familiar combinations while also supporting unusual, seasonal, or locally influenced recipes. The company extended the offering beyond pizza with pasta bowls and salads, while selected locations also offered gelato, craft beer, and wine. The brand expanded through franchising. Its growth was documented in restaurant and franchise coverage during the 2010s, including reports of openings or planned development in markets such as central Ohio, Chicago-area communities, Clemson, and other U.S. locations. The available Wikipedia reference describes the chain as having roughly 70 locations in 19 states. Because the supplied material does not provide a dated current store count or a complete location directory, that figure should be treated as a historical description rather than a verified present total. Industry recognition accompanied the expansion. In March 2013, Entrepreneur Magazine placed Your Pie at number 66 in a ranking of top new franchises. In June of the same year, 1851 Magazine included the brand among 64 restaurants to watch. These mentions reflected interest in the fast-casual pizza segment and in Your Pie’s franchise-led growth model. In October 2015, the Peach Prosciutto craft-series pizza won the East Coast Pizza Championship, highlighting the company’s use of distinctive ingredient combinations and limited or specialty pizza development. Throughout the documented period, Your Pie’s identity remained anchored in customization, brick-oven cooking, and a restaurant atmosphere broader than a conventional takeout pizza outlet. Its model occupies a middle ground between traditional pizza chains and full-service Italian restaurants: customers receive a made-to-order product with individual choice, but the ordering and cooking process is intended to remain quick and accessible. The available sources do not establish subsequent ownership changes, a current executive roster beyond the founder, financial results, or an official corporate website. The brand is therefore best characterized from the supplied evidence as an active U.S. fast-casual pizza franchise with a primarily domestic footprint.

• 2015

  Peach Prosciutto pizza receives regional award

  [1]Your Pieen.wikipedia.org

  The Peach Prosciutto craft-series pizza was reported as the East Coast Pizza Championship winner.

• 2013

  Recognized as a top new franchise

  [1]Your Pieen.wikipedia.org

  Entrepreneur Magazine ranked Your Pie number 66 in its Top New Franchises list.

• 2013

  Included among restaurants to watch

  [1]Your Pieen.wikipedia.org

  1851 Magazine selected Your Pie as one of 64 restaurants to watch.

• 2008

  Your Pie starts in Athens, Georgia

  [1]Your Pieen.wikipedia.org

  Drew French launched Your Pie in Athens, Georgia, establishing the brand's customizable brick-oven pizza format.

• 2006

  Ischia trip inspires the restaurant concept

  [1]Your Pieen.wikipedia.org

  During a honeymoon trip to Ischia, Drew French observed the speed and prevalence of brick-oven pizza and began formulating a build-your-own fast-casual pizza concept.

Fast-casual, made-to-order pizza with individual customization, brick-oven cooking, and an expanded menu of salads, pasta, desserts, and beverages.

• Pizza · 2008

  Customizable 10-inch pizzas

  Your Pie's central offering is an individually assembled pizza cooked in a brick oven. Customers choose a hand-tossed dough, house-made sauce, all-natural cheese, and toppings from a selection described in the reference material as approximately 35 ingredients. The format supports both familiar and experimental combinations while preserving a quick-service preparation model.

• Italian-inspired fast-casual food

  Pasta bowls

  Pasta bowls extend the menu beyond pizza and provide an alternative built around Italian-style pasta preparations. The supplied reference confirms their presence on the chain's menu but does not specify the full range of sauces, proteins, or toppings.

• Salads

  Salads

  Salads are offered as a lighter alternative within Your Pie's fast-casual menu. Available source material identifies the category but does not document the complete recipe lineup or nutritional specifications.

• Dessert

  Gelato

  Gelato, an Italian-style frozen dessert, is available as part of the broader Your Pie restaurant experience. The supplied material does not establish whether availability is uniform across all locations.

• Specialty pizza · 2015

  Peach Prosciutto craft-series pizza

  The Peach Prosciutto pizza was a specialty craft-series combination pairing peach with prosciutto. It received the East Coast Pizza Championship award in 2015 and illustrates the brand's emphasis on distinctive topping combinations.

• 2008

  Adopted a customizable brick-oven fast-casual modelStrategy

  Background

  Drew French sought to translate the quick preparation and customization he observed in Ischia into a U.S. restaurant format.

  Action taken

  Your Pie was launched around individually customized pizzas, brick-oven cooking, and a fast-casual service model.

  Aftermath

  The concept developed into a franchise restaurant brand with a reported presence across 19 U.S. states.

  Source

1. 1Your Pieen.wikipedia.org