The best pizza place in the UK revealed and the full list of runners up – is one near you?

THE champion pizza spot successful the UK and the afloat database of runners up has been revealed, but is 1 adjacent you?

Every year, pizza chefs from crossed the state showcase their signature recipes successful a bid to assertion the National Pizza of the Year title.

Now the victor has been revealed, we cognize precisely wherever to spell to find the cleanable slice.

The unrecorded cook-off, which took spot connected November 12, 2024 astatine London's Big Penny Social successful London saw Bad Boy Pizza Society assertion the rubric for the 2nd time.

The autarkic pizzeria started retired arsenic a parody University nine but present it’s trumped 15 different pizzerias recovered crossed the country.

Its signature “Sausage Party” pizza, made by cook Damodar Niksic blew the judges away.

The 16" New York-style pizza dough is made with a concealed 48-hour ferment method, past topped with herb sauce, fennel sausage, stracciatella, reddish chili, citrus zest, Parmigiano Reggiano, basil and a caramelised fennel and bulb mix. 

Damodar said: “This is precise dreamlike. I person worked precise hard to get wherever I am. Bad Boy Pizza Society is only bad boy by sanction – we are a large household and we each enactment each different with ideas. 

“Yes, I made this pizza today, but everyone has worked truthful hard alongside me. Unity and household are bully things, and winning this is down to my Bad Boy pizza family.”

In 2nd spot was Rudy's Pizzza Napoletana with The Lorenzo pizza, made by cook Lorenzo Vittiglio.

The Lorenzo is simply a operation of mascarpone cream, fior di latte, Calabrian ventricina of simonini, parmesan, greenish chilli, roquito peppers, basil and piennolo tomatoes.

And successful 3rd place, was Due Forni's pizza Ragu Pazzo, made by cook Michele Rutigliano.

The pizza features a homemade ragu condiment topped with homemade bechamel.

You tin spot the afloat shortlisted pizza places - and the signature dishes they are known for - below.

In summation to our Pizza of the Year victor and runners up, cook Brigitta Stamber from Pizzaface won Pizza Chef of the Year award.

Brigitta's pizza, Zero Reddy, was a method pizza made up of Long Clawsons’ Caribbean Blazer, Tajin Chamoy, Properoni’s Hot Paprika Crumble, and Cooks&Co’s Sweety Drop Peppers, Pesto and jalapeños.

The Alternative Slice Award went to cook Tanzin Noor from Botanica Hall with the pizza; the Vegan King.

The Vegan King features Cooks&Co’s Sun Dried Tomatoes and jalapeños, herb sauce, cashew cheese, pistachio pesto and rocket.

And lastly, for Bloggers' Choice Award, cook Scott Holden from Scott's All Day with pizza, Pepperoni & Hot Honey Detroit.

This is simply a Detroit-style pizza, topped with mozzarella, cheddar, mangalica, herb sauce, basil, parmesan and blistery honey.