Relive moments from the live final and awards ceremony.
A group of 14 chefs competed in the National Pizza Awards 2018 at the Islington Metal Works in London on 3 October. If you missed any of the action or want to relive the event, here are some highlights from the day, in pictures.
The first four chefs kick off the competition in the first round (L-R: Gino D’Acampo My Restaurant’s Marco Di Giacomo, Bella Italia’s Vittorio Lettieri, Fountain & Ink’s Alessandro Cipriani, and Yard Sale Pizza’s Nick Buckland)
Buckland puts the finishing touches onto the Absolute Banger
Lettieri takes his Salvo 1968 Mystery Box pizza out of the oven
Crust Bros’ Marian Stefan; Dough & Brew’s John Martin; Pizza, Pots and Pints’ Lukasz Maciejewski; and Buongiorno e Buonesera’s Matteo Pietronzini
Stefan lays some basil on the Cheeky Bro
Martin and Maciejewski work the dough
Mare St Market’s Carmine Pisano and Tre Cicco’s Luigi Marino in round three
Santa Maluco’s George Zappa in round three
Marino tops Sud with burrata
Baked and Battered’s Marco Fuso, Baked in Brick’s Lee Desanges, and Purezza’s Filippo Rosato compete in the fourth and final round
Fuso takes his technical pizza out of the oven
Rosato prepares the Parmigiana Party
Guests arrive for the evening awards ceremony
Guests tuck into food and drink supplied by the sponsors
Rosato wins the Salvo 1968 Mystery Box Award
Fuso wins the Technical Award
Marino wins Chef of the Year
Rosato wins National Pizza of the Year
Parmigiana Party by Purezza – National Pizza of the Year
