PAPA Awards 2022

PIZZA

THE REAL FOURTH EMERGENCY SERVICE!

And where would pizza be without the culinary talents of the pizza chefs who put a smile on everyone’s face with their slices of heaven?

Who doesn’t love that moment when a knock at the door, a ring of the bell or the overly-excited barks of an exuberant Labrador herald the arrival of a piping hot pizza? And while the delivery driver gets all the thanks, where is the love for the true hero of the night, the pizza chef?

Where’s the 8pm doorstep round of applause?

It’s at the PAPA Awards dinner, 10 November 2022. Around about 8.30pm, as it happens. Just before starters. That’s when the Pizza Chef of the Year winner will be revealed…

But we’re getting ahead of ourselves with all this talk of dinners and winners. There’s the (not so) small matter of the original - and still the best - national pizza chef competition which shines a spotlight on the creative fl air so often confi ned to hot kitchens up and down the land.

How it works

Challenged to create recipes using ingredients nominated by our sponsors, with each sponsor ingredient forming a competition category, the competing chefs submit their recipes for initial judging by the sponsors.

PIZZA CHEF

of the year 2022

The hundreds of entries are whittled down to a select group of fi nalists who will compete against each other at the fi nals in early October. Each chef will make their pizza for, and take questions from, a panel of industry experts. The winner in each category will be revealed on the day of the fi nals and invited to the PAPA Industry Awards Dinner in November.

Now it’s time for dinners and winners!

Watched by the leading lights of the industry, each category winning chef will be presented with their trophy onstage during the awards dinner, before the overall winner is announced and brought forward to claim their prize and the coveted title, Pizza Chef of the Year.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

The road to glory begins now. Visit the PAPA Industry Awards website at www.papaindustryawards.co.uk to take part and register now to secure your entry.

SPONSORED BY

Your preferred

supplier of meat toppings

SPONSORED BY

Now in their 33rd year, the PAPA Awards are the highlight of the pizza, pasta and Italian food industry calendar.

The PAPA Awards Dinner is a veritable who’s who of key names from across the industry with senior fi gures from major retailers such as M&S, Co-op and Aldi; high street chains like Prezzo, Papa John’s and Domino’s, as well as leading suppliers and manufacturers in attendance.

As well as off ering fantastic exposure for your brand, being front and centre as a sponsor provides you with a head start in making connections during the judging process and at the awards dinner.

Don’t just take our word for it

Here’s what some of last year’s sponsors have to say about sponsoring.

“What we got from it is we start to see where the pizza industry is going, so from our point of view, when we’re looking at what’s the future, sponsoring an award and being involved at that grassroots level is massive.”

Simon Off ord, Futura Foods.

“I think it’s important for companies like Danish Crown and brands like Supertops to give something back and I actively encourage other people to do the same.”

Kevin Peacock, Danish Crown.

“It’s a great opportunity to get to know my peers in the industry as well as our customers in a more informal setting.”

Bryan Murphy, Dawn Farm Foods.

“Sponsorship gives you the ability to stand on stage and show people you care about the success of their business because we are all in this ecosystem together.”

Omar Habbal, Just Eat.

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These big-name brands are all previous winners

Sponsorship puts you at the heart of their business

The PAPA Industry Awards will be launched in the next issue of Pizza, Pasta & Italian Food magazine. To fi nd out more about sponsoring an award or competition, contact Andrew Emery on 01291 636224 or e-mail andrew@jandmgroup.co.uk