Ooni was founded by husband-and-wife team Kristian Tapaninaho and Darina Garland in 2012. Growing up in Finland, where his family ran a bakery and families often cook outdoors, Kristian was surrounded by brilliant wood-fired food and baking from a young age. Later living in London with their young family, he was frustrated that the pizzas he was able to cook at home lacked that restaurant-quality taste. His domestic oven wasn’t hot enough, and living in a rented property, building an expensive brick oven wasn’t feasible.
The only wood-fired pizza ovens on the market were expensive and bulky. Kristian had no engineering background, but was driven to create an accessible pizza oven that could create authentic pizza outdoors. After prototypes and backyard testing, Ooni created a new retail category when we launched the world’s first portable wood-pellet pizza oven in 2012.
Ooni pizza ovens are hot! Heating up to a colossal 932°F (500°C), all our models cook incredible pizza in just 60 seconds. Our pizza oven models start at 22lbs (10 kgs),so the pizza party is on wherever you are. Since launching, Ooni has grown into an award-winning, family-run global business from our head office in Scotland. Our pizza ovens and accessories are sold in over 70 countries, and are loved by our customers and the press. Last year, our Ooni Pro multi-fuel outdoor pizza oven was named ‘best pizza oven’ by WIRED magazine, and we were ranked 7th in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 fastest-growing businesses in the UK.
