Bobby Flay Just Told TikTok That Jersey City’s Razza Makes Some of the Best Pizza in the World

Bobby Flay has eaten pizza everywhere. He's a born-and-bred New Yorker, a Food Network lifer, a guy with strong opinions and the palate to back them up. So when he gets on TikTok and says a Jersey City pizzeria makes "some of the best pizza in the world," you stop scrolling and listen.

The clip, reported by Chowhound this week, shows Flay in his own kitchen making a mushroom pie — tomato sauce, fontina, mozzarella, fungi, on a crust with just the right amount of puff. And mid-bake, he gives credit where it's due: his "Razza pal Dan" — that's Dan Richer, owner of Razza Pizza Artigianale on Grove Street in Jersey City — taught him how to make the dough. Flay's version runs on King Arthur all-purpose flour, salt, water, and a two-day ferment. But he flat-out refuses to give up Richer's proprietary details for the internet to copy. Some secrets stay in Jersey City, and honestly, good.

This isn't Flay's first Razza sermon either. He's said on the Elvis Duran Show that "the best pizza in New York might be in Jersey City." He's called Razza "the best pizza I've ever tasted in my life. Period." He's admitted he once spent five straight hours making dough with Richer in a single day — and that his own dough got "way better" afterward. When a celebrity chef tells the world that another chef leveled up his dough game, that's not a soundbite. That's respect, the kind you can't buy.

And look, the receipts go way beyond Flay. The New York Times named Razza one of the 22 best pizza places in America. 50 Top Pizza ranked it among the best in the world back in 2022. The Times once wrote that few pizzerias have gone as far as Razza in treating pizza as an "agricultural product" — Richer mills his flour nearby and sources milk, butter, and cheese from local cows. The famous white pie topped with honey and hazelnuts — hazelnuts developed with plant biologists at Rutgers, because of course — is the kind of detail that separates a great pizzeria from a historic one. Even Alex Guarnaschelli counts herself a fan.

Here's why this one hits different for Jersey. For decades, the region's pizza royalty sat across the river, and Jersey spots were the underdog pick — great, but always with an asterisk. Flay, a New Yorker to his core, saying the best pie might be in Jersey City, on TikTok, to millions of people? That's not just a compliment. That's a cultural shift with a mushroom pie as the evidence.

If you've never been to Razza, fair warning: this clip is about to make the line longer. Go on a weeknight, order the Project Hazelnut, and thank Dan Richer for teaching Bobby Flay a thing or two. Jersey City's been knowing. Now everybody knows.