Two Doughs Owner Remains Hopeful After Pizza Trailer Theft

AGOURA HILLS, CA — Agoura Hills Two Doughs Pizza Co. Owner Chadwick Corcoran is not interested in retaliation, nor is he particularly angry his custom pizza trailer was stolen. He just wants the oven back, and to return back to normal business, he said.

Corcoran closed up as he usually does around 10 p.m. on Sunday, January 22. When he returned the morning of January 23, he noticed his custom-built, 6,000-pound pizza trailer was gone, with its lock cut off. He immediately called his businesses partner and mom Doris Corcoran, and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Lost Hills station.

The trailer remained missing Tuesday, and despite his neighbors' best efforts, Corcoran struggled to find any good surveillance footage of the theft. Patch could not confirm the robbery with the Sheriff's Department.

The theft has taken a significant toll on Two Doughs Pizza Co. in recent weeks, Corcoran said. Despite having a brick-and-mortar location, the trailer housed the business's largest oven. The oven space was going to allow Two Doughs to finally offer large party catering after the pandemic cancelled most large gatherings. The theft sent Corcoran and his team back to the drawing board on marketing and preparations that were already underway.

"It's really unfortunate because we've got to re-scrap that idea and go back to smaller events," Corcoran said.

Beyond the monetary and business hit, the loss of the trailer has been emotional for Corcoran. Corcoran and his mom, who has been in the restaurant industry for 30 years, cooked up the business in 2016, after hours, from the back of the restaurant she managed at the time. The pizza trailer kicked off their business, which expanded in 2022 to include a brick-and-mortar location at 28860 Roadside Drive. Building the business brought Corcoran and his mom closer than ever before, he said.

"It's a huge sentimental loss," Corcoran said. "It's the trailer that started it all. That's how we built some notoriety... that's how we built our business."

The theft left Corcoran feeling vulnerable in his home community. He grew up around the Las Virgenes area, and his head chef, Chris Ansari, grew up in Oak Park.

"It's hard to see these things happen right in your community," Corcoran said.

Even still, Corcoran remains hopeful. He feels confident the trailer will show up and Two Doughs will return to business-as-usual as soon as possible, he said.

Corcoran and his mother have made an active effort to avoid feeling bitter to "break the cycle" of negativity involved in such a crime. He hopes Two Doughs' story does not fuel animosity and anger, but rather inspires community support and hopefulness. While he can understand why people experience anger and a desire for retribution after experiencing hardship, he believes showing love and forgiveness is more productive.

"We're going to be ok," Corcoran said. "We believe in forgiveness."

The restaurant and local communities have shown Two Doughs amazing support through kind words and help finding the trailer, which is part of why he remains so hopeful the trailer may turn up, Corcoran said.

"You don't [recognize] the extent of a community until something like this happens and they rally around you," Corcoran said.