Our Story
The true gold standard for premium Chicago deep dish at home.
Rupiani's® is the only deep dish engineered to travel, bake, and taste perfect wherever you are.
Two pounds of premium ingredients. Zero preservatives. Handmade by master artisans in River North and frozen at peak perfection, then shipped free to your door.
Our customers get it—former Chicagoans chasing the taste they left behind, first-timers discovering the hype, and food lovers demanding the real thing.
Whether you’re in suburbia, off the grid, or in the heart of a major city, this is real Chicago deep dish—made in Chicago, shipped straight to you.
From Sergio
"Faccio la pizza con il cuore. Metto amore in ogni salsa, in ogni fetta. Questa è la mia famiglia, la mia città, la mia pizza."
—Sergio Rupiani
"I make pizza with heart. I put love in every sauce, every slice. This is my family, my city, my pizza."
—Sergio Rupiani
We bring Chicago’s best-kept deep dish secret into the 21st century.
Since 1983, Sergio Rupiani has crafted Chicago’s most legendary deep dish. For decades, it stayed a city secret. In 2019, we perfected a method to freeze it at peak flavor. Today, every pie is handmade in River North and shipped nationwide—ready in under an hour.
A Chicago Original
1983: The Origin
From a small kitchen in the heart of the Midwest, Sergio Rupiani's stuffed deep dish became a legend among family and friends. Not a grocery store brand. Not a tourist trap. Rupiani's® was the kind of pizza you only heard about if you were a true Chicago insider.
Sergio's Secret Recipe
2019: We Cracked the Code
For decades, that secret stayed in Chicago. The problem was simple: deep dish didn’t travel—not without compromise. The moment you compromise on ingredients or technique, you lose what makes it Chicago. Then we cracked the code.
Frozen in Time
2020: Frozen in Time
We developed proprietary blast-freezing technology specifically for deep dish—capturing every pizza at peak perfection. This isn't frozen food. It's true Chicago deep dish pizza, frozen in time.
Shipped to Your Door
2022: Shipped to Your Door
While other pizzerias ship compromised "Chicago-style" frozen pizza from factories across America, we ship the real thing—handcrafted in downtown River North by master artisans, using Chicago water and Sergio's original recipe. When you order from Rupiani's®, you get the Chicago pizzeria experience in the comfort of your own home.
Meet Sergio Rupiani, the name behind the legend.
Born in Torino, Italy, Sergio brought old-world craftsmanship to Chicago's bold, unapologetic food culture. Deep dish wasn't just food to him—it was Chicago on a plate: thick, rich, impossible to forget.
He pressed every crust by hand. Simmered his secret sauce to exacting standards. Eating at Sergio's table was an experience that left you chasing that taste for the rest of your life.
Today, his legacy lives on in every pizza we ship. His name. His standards. His obsession with getting it right.
We've earned the Windy City's stamp of approval. Here's how we bring Chicago to you:
1. Handmade in Chicago, River North.
Every stuffed deep dish is crafted in small batches by master artisans in the heart of downtown Chicago. We use Chicago water—with its unique pH and mineral content that creates our unmistakable crust—premium ingredients, and Sergio's time-honored techniques.
2. Frozen in Time. Not Frozen Food.
Par-cooked and blast-frozen at peak flavor using proprietary technology developed specifically for deep dish. Our process is dramatically more effective than traditional freezing—locking in bold Chicago taste, perfect texture, and authentic soul exactly as our artisans intended.
3. Shipped Free Nationwide, Ready in Under One Hour.
Packed on dry ice and delivered with free expedited shipping to all 50 states—including Alaska and Hawaii. Follow our simple reheating instructions, and you'll enjoy authentic Chicago deep dish within one hour of opening your box. Fresher than delivery. Better than any pizzeria that's not in Chicago.
This is the real thing. Made in Chicago. Captured at its peak. Shipped to you.