Chris Bianco has some pretty well-heeled fans β€” from TV personalities to movie stars and fellow foodies.

The James Beard Award-winning pizza chef even has a fan that at one point not so long ago was the most powerful man in the world: Former President Bill Clinton.

Clinton got a chance in April to sample Bianco's pizza β€” which, if memory of his Tucson lunch is any indication, means Clinton had more than a bite or two. During an appearances on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Clinton gushed. Bianco opens the Tucson outpost of Pizzeria Bianco on East Congress Street in the next couple weeks. (See an interview with Bianco in Sunday's Star.)

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