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Tievoli Pizza Bar celebrated an extraordinary performance at the Real California Pizza Challenge, held in August in Anaheim, California, where owner and chef Giovanni Labbate and his son Rocco Labbate competed against pizza makers from across the country. The eatery is located at 44 W. Palatine Road in Palatine, in suburban Chicago. The Tievoli team returned home with four first-place awards (pizza in the pan, fastest pizza maker, fastest box folder, largest dough stretch) and one second-place finish for gluten-free pizza. Rocco captured first place in the pizza in the pan competition with his Detroit-style creation, “Cluck Around and Find …