Winners Announced
This year’s individual Pizza Designer of the Year Award goes to Domenico Crolla.
This competition aims to encourage new product development in the pizza restaurant/delivery market and comprises a series of four individual competitions where entrants are required to develop recipes using specific ingredients. Entries can be made into one or more of the competitions and the judges decide winners in each category plus an overall winner as Pizza Designer of the Year.
Pizza Designer of the Year
Winner: Domenico Crolla, Bella Napoli, Glasgow 85 Kilmarnock Road, Glasgow
Whitworth Bros. Flour Pizza Designer of the Year
(Sponsored by Whitworth Bros.)
Winner:Domenico Crolla, Bella Napoli, 85 Kilmarnock Road, Glasgow
Tulip Super Tops Pizza Designer of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Tulip)
Winner: Tomasz Kuba from Il Forno, 132 Duke Street, Liverpool
Roquito® Sweet Chilli Pepper Pizza Designer of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Leathams)
Winner: Domenico Crolla, Bella Napoli, 85 Kilmarnock Road, Glasgow
Jarlsberg Cheese Pizza Designer of the Year Award
(Sponsored by Tine)
Winner: Bheka Ahmed Beelall from Amano Cafe, Studio 12, Clink Street, Victor Wharf, London SE1
Regional Winners Announced
Judging: Initial entries were selected by a panel of judges to go forward into one of four heats where those responsible for creating them were asked to make up their pizzas in front of a judging panel. The heats took place in London, Wigan, Glasgow and Bristol. In each category a winner was selected from each heat to go forward to the final, which takes place on Thursday 13th November at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London.
The four winning recipes (and their creators) will be published as the ‘Pizza of the Year Collection’ as part of National Pizza Week 2008 – thus giving the winners (and their businesses) the opportunity for substantial publicity.
The overall Pizza Designer of the Year Award winner will be announced at the Awards Dinner and will receive a trophy plus a cheque for £500. The winners of the individual categories will also receive trophies.