An independent Glasgow restaurant is best for pizza in this year’s Pizza, Pasta and Italian Food Association (PAPA) Awards recognising the best in the Italian Food industry.
The UK’s finest Independent Pizza Restaurant is Bella Napoli in Glasgow and the best Independent Italian Restaurant is Tamburino in Yeovil. The Pizza Restaurant Chain Award went to Pizza Hut following a huge investment in their business. Prezzo Scooped the Italian Restaurant Chain Award for the breadth and quality of items on their menu.
These were just some of the awards given out at the Lancaster London Hotel, Hyde Park where 450 of the Industry’s leading lights came out to recognise the achievements of their peers.
Guest Host, Aldo Zilli, said: “Italian food from Pasta to Pizza and everything in between is about simple ingredients of the highest quality treated with love. Italian chefs are passionate about their food and the industry as a whole is about authenticity and great produce.”
Pizza Restaurant Platinum and Gold Awards went to:
Winner (Platinum Award): Bella Napoli, Glasgow
Winners (Gold Award):
- La Favorita, Edinburgh
- La Piazza, Thornbury
- Battlefield, Glasgow
- Pizzeria Venezia, Rushden
- Tony Macaroni, Braehead
- Riva, Bothwell, Glasgow
- The Stable, Bristol
- Il Forno, Liverpool
Pizza Restaurant Chain Award Winner: Pizza Hut
Just-Eat Independent Pizza Delivery Store Award: Red Tomato Pizza, Doncaster
Dawn Farms Pizza Delivery Chain Award: Domino’s
Lunchtime Innovation Award
Winner: Gino Da Campo’s My Pasta Bar, Fleet Street
Highly Commended: Slice Pizza, Manchester
For the full list of Award winners click here