The UK’s best pizza’s

Hosted by Dine Out magazine, the National Pizza Awards storm the capital every year, inviting chefs from across the hospitality industry to submit their signature recipes in a bid to claim the coveted National Pizza of the Year title.

The awards, headline sponsored by Birrificio Angelo Poretti, provide a platform for the UK’s ultimate pizza professionals to showcase their recipes on a national scale, with finalists facing off in a live cooking showdown in front of a hand-picked panel of industry judges.

On top of a signature round, competitors take part in a technical challenge that sees them construct the best dish from a selection of sponsor ingredients, with the winner being named National Pizza Chef of the Year.

The pizzas are judged on:

  • How the base/pizza is made

  • Flavour profile

  • How well the pizza is cooked

  • Aesthetic and presentation

  • Texture, quality and consistency

  • Choice and use of ingredients

FAQs

National Pizza Awards

  • The National Pizza Awards is a cooking competition open to chefs from restaurants, pubs, bars, hotels and street food businesses to showcase their signature pizza in hope for it to be crowned National Pizza of the Year.

  • Entries for the National Pizza Awards open in the summer, with the live final cook-off taking place in November. You can keep up to speed with all dates at www.nationalpizzaawards.co.uk and www.dineoutmagazine.co.uk

  • You can enter the National Pizza Awards by visiting www.nationalpizzaawards.co.uk. Entries are free.

     

  • Chefs from restaurants, pubs, bars, hotels and street food businesses can enter the National Pizza Awards. It is a UK competition and entries can be made for free at www.nationalpizzaawards.co.uk. 

  • You can discover who the former National Pizza Awards champions were via the “Previous Winners” page.