Hurstpierpoint pizza kitchen wins second place in both National Pizza of the Year and National Pizza Chef of the Year

By Ellis Peters
Published 22nd Nov 2022, 10:16 BST
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Village Pizza Kitchen has enjoyed success in the finals of this year’s National Pizza Awards, which took place on Tuesday November 15 at the Islington Metal Works in London.

The pizzeria, based in Hurstpierpoint, came second in not one, but two of the three main categories including National Pizza of the Year and National Pizza Chef of the Year.

The eatery was set up by Jo Malone during lockdown following redundancy from her job in marketing.

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Village Pizza Kitchen (VPK) offers British Craft Pizza, which is freshly made using high-quality British ingredients, many of which are locally sourced in Sussex. Launched in what was previously a lighting shop on Hurstpierpoint high street in West Sussex, VPK quickly gained an excellent reputation and a big following of regular customers and were finalists in the Best Local Food Producer category of this year’s Muddy Sussex Awards.

Hurstpierpoint pizza kitchen wins second place in both ‘National Pizza of the Year’ and ‘National Pizza Chef of the Year’Hurstpierpoint pizza kitchen wins second place in both ‘National Pizza of the Year’ and ‘National Pizza Chef of the Year’
Hurstpierpoint pizza kitchen wins second place in both ‘National Pizza of the Year’ and ‘National Pizza Chef of the Year’

Mrs Malone said “Having opened Village Pizza Kitchen in a small village less than two years ago, we are incredibly proud to have come second in the country in two of the industry’s most coveted awards.

“We are often told by our customers that we offer some of the best pizza around, but to be officially recognised as offering the second best pizza in the country, made by the UK’s second best pizza chef is quite something. We still can’t quite believe it!