ALBERTON – This is the person who tirelessly prepares delectable creations every day in the quest to satisfy the pizza cravings of hungry guests – the person who deserves their moment in the limelight and much-deserved recognition for their creativity, skill and flair.
Thanks to the Global Pizza Challenge 2015, pizza chefs all over the country will have a chance to put their skills on show – and win R15 000! And you could help your favourite pizza chef rise to fame and fortune by encouraging him/her to enter this prestigious annual competition, which takes place at Sandton Convention Centre from March 15 to 18. What’s in it for you? Pizza, of course – a year’s supply of pizzas to the value of R5 000 for a family of four, delivered to your door once a month by your much-loved pizzeria. All you have to do is persuade your favourite pizza chef to enter and make sure they fill in your name and number on their entry form. If they make it to the finals you could be the lucky winner of pizza for a year.
The national hunt has begun and the judges of the Global Pizza Challenge are challenging stand-alone pizzerias, restaurants, hotels, fast food outlets and franchises to enter and prove that they make the most delicious pizza on this side of the equator.
The Global Pizza Challenge – run in 16 countries around the world – is aimed at promoting a passion for pizza making with pizazz and introducing a whole new spectrum of innovative pizzas to the world.
The 2014 winner of the Global Pizza Challenge in South Africa was Montague resident, Colin du Plessis, whose intriguing winning pizza was a roasted butternut, beetroot and garlic pizza sprinkled with sesame seeds and pumpkin seeds and topped with rocket, avocado and smoked buffalo mozzarella, drizzled with red grape balsamic reduction.
For more information and for entry forms, visit www.globalpizzachallenge.com or the Global Pizza Challenge Facebook page. Also follow us on Twitter @GPCSouthAfrica #BestPizzaSA.
