Observe, taste and choose your favourite pizza. Yum, what a fun job! London’s hottest pizza festival, from Young & Foodish’s Daniel Young (the culinary savant behind the book Where To Eat Pizza), returns for its fifth iteration in June.
The event is an edible showcase of some of the country’s foremost pizza purveyors. They are: Naples export and ‘king of dough’ 50 Kalò, Shoreditch newcomers with a nose for pure indulgence Gloria, Naples legends with a Baker Street outpost L’Antica Pizza de Michele, Camberwell local heroes Theo’s, duck confit pie-peddlers The Dough Shack, and 2017’s Best Pizza in Wales winners Ffwrnes. Guests will vote for their favourite slice, the winning vendor receiving the title of 2019 London Pizza Festival Champion, along with their share of the glory.
The Ultimate Pizza Menu:
L’Antica Pizza de Michele – Truffle (White truffle cream, fior di latte mozzarella, portobello mushrooms, Pecorino Romano, basil, black truffle oil)
50 Kalò – Marinara (Casa Marrazo tomatoes, garlic, oregano, extra virgin olive oil)
Theo’s – Queen Datterini (Datterini tomato and Procescco sauce, buffalo stracciatella, Tropea onions, basil, chilli sauce)
The Dough Shack – Duck Pizza (confit duck, spring onions, chillies, hoisin sauce, garlic herb oil, fior di latte mozzarella, chilli honey, sesame seed crust)
Gloria – Asparticus (Vesuvio yellow tomato, buffalo mozzarella, sautéed asparagus, asparagus carpaccio, confit red tomato, buffalo ricotta, lime zest, pesto)
Ffwrnes – West is Best (Fior di latte mozzarella, sage, sobrasada, goats cheese, basil, raw Welsh honey)
The Results
Serving up six different approaches to pizza from six different locales, at one of the world’s most notable food markets, and with a food fight thrown in? Sounds like a great day out to us. Those looking to slim down their restaurant hit-lists will see it as a good opportunity to gauge whether these pizza slingers are really up to scratch, while others will just want to chow down on some of the best pies around. The votes will be counted and the champion crowned at the conclusion of the 4pm session.
Tickets can be booked for any of 3 overlapping sessions beginning at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm. (Entry times are staggered to shorten the queues.) Children under 12 will be admitted FREE.
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