Emily's Hearth
Authentic Wood-Fired Pizza Artisanal Sourdough Bread
Premium Organic Ingredients Custom Seasonal Menus
“I thrive on feeding people, It’s a good deed. It brings me back in touch with my roots, my hometown, my purpose.”
A True Heart to Hearth Experience
Elevate your wedding or private event with a wood‑fired sourdough pizza experience your guests will talk about long after the last slice is gone. Our small, artisan team arrives with a traditional wood‑fire oven and crafts pizzas on‑site using organic, locally sourced produce, cheeses, and meats, chosen for freshness, sustainability, and flavor. The naturally slow fermentation of our sourdough creates a light, tender crust with a lower glycemic index, making it a more blood‑sugar‑friendly option than standard pizza while remaining beautifully indulgent. We collaborate with you to build a custom seasonal menu, tailored to dietary needs and preferred flavors, so every pizza perfectly matches your vision and your guests’ tastes.
Ey Yo! It's Emily!
Sample Menu
At not quite 40, Emily Downs has worn a dizzying wardrobe of hats. She’s been a painter, sculptor and textile artist; a dancer; a scholar of art history and Italian; a documentary filmmaker; a pizza maker and artisanal bread baker. She has lived in Florence, San Francisco and New York City.
Downs’ colorful, cultured journey has led her back to New Jersey, specifically to Sussex, the village in northern Sussex County where she grew up. Her affinity for dough runs deep. Her grandmama Olga Delvey gave her the lifelong gift of pizza, she says, adding that at every holiday, her extended family gathered at her house in Dover. Her grandmother would corral the kids, seat them around her kitchen table and give each a round pizza pan. The kids would make pizza from scratch, including the dough, and top them themselves. “It was heaven,” Downs recalls. “Pizza is part of my psyche.”
We collaborate with you to build a custom seasonal menu, tailored to dietary needs and preferred flavors, so every pizza perfectly matches your vision and your guests’ tastes.