National Pizza of the Year
Chef: Jack Ellingham
From: Five Feet
Pizza: Sausage and Broccoli
Weeks before the restaurant opened, Five Feet took home the National Pizza of the Year title with its ‘Sausage and Broccoli’ pizza, a Sicilian/Grandma-style pie featuring vodka sauce, pecorino, oregano, chilli, sausage, fior di latte, provolone, friarelli, pickled chillies, ricotta and coolea.
2nd Place
Chef: Brigi Stamber
From: Stretch
Pizza: The Herd
British fior di latte, Pirata Loin, Lord of the Hundreds, a handful of seasonal mixed herbs, house-pickled chillies and extra-virgin olive oil to finish.
3rd Place
Chef: Rory Cunningham
From: Bad Boy Pizza Society
Pizza: Vodka Sausage
Spicy creamy 4-hour house vodka sauce, crumbled sicilian fennel sausage, finely chopped shallots, stracciatella, basil and parm. All on top of a NY-style pizza base using a secret blend of flour.
Pizza Chef of the Year
Chef: Jack Ellingham
From: Five Feet
Pizza: The Pepperoni
A Technical pizza made up of EUROSTAR’s RISE Re:Gen Flour, Properoni’s Classic Sliced Pepperoni, Roquito Candied Jalapeños, red onion, marjoram, mayonnaise and pecorino, served on Conglom’s 12” Bagasse Pizza Plate.
The
Alternative
Slice Award
Chef: Adam Brown
From: CIRCO
Pizza: Herb Garden
An entirely free-from pizza, featuring Roquito Chilli Pepper Pearls, EUROSTAR’s gluten-free base, Julienne Bruno’s Superstraccia cheese, roasted San Marzano tomato base, vegan pesto, pinenut crumb and aged balsamic.
Bloggers’ Choice Award
Chef: Devinder Singh
From: East West
Pizza: Silence of the Lambs
An Indian-inspired pizza, with a lamb bone marrow base, lamb keema, achari pickled onions, and coriander and burrata cream.
The 2026 National Pizza Awards finalists
ALFI, London
At the Chapel, Bruton
Bad Boy Pizza Society, London
Bath Pizza Co., Bath
CIRCO, Newcastle
Crust Bros, London
Due Forni, Beaconsfield
East West, London
Five Feet, London
Franco Manca, National
Leaven Pizza, Herefordshire
Nell's, Manchester
Pizza Pilgrims, National
Stretch, Hove
Yard Sale Pizza, London
Zizzi, National