9 London pizzas have been named the best in Britain

It’s that time of year again – the UK’s finest pizzaiolos are limbering up to compete in the National Pizza Awards 2025. For one day in November, the nation’s top pizzerias will go head to head in a fight to be crowned the best in Britain. And of the 16 pizza makers (and their signature specials) shortlisted for this year’s prize, nine of them are here in London. 

There’s the Korean-inspired ‘Seoul Mate’ from west London’s Base Face Pizza, which features gochujang cream sauce, mozzarella, roasted corn, kimchi, spring onions and honey and ‘With A Little H(ELP) From My Friends’ from Hackney’s Bing Bong Pizza, which sports chilli and fennel sausage, pickled peppers, potatoes and kale. Yard Sale’s ‘Bright Young Thing’, topped with caramelised red onion chutney, aged mozzarella, yellow cherry tomatoes, burrata, lemon marmalade, white anchovies, black olive powder and fresh parsley also made the cut. 

The rest of this year’s London entries include the deep dish pies from Little Earthquakes at the Railway Tavern, the Chicago thin crusts at Short Road Pizza and the New York/Neapolitan hybrid slices at ACE Pizza – all of which feature on Time Out’s list of the greatest pizzerias in London.

Chains in the capital like Zia Lucia, Mamma Dough and Super Club Roma (a new opening from Franco Manca at Westfield Stratford) are also in the running. 

Other pizzerias on the shortlist include national chains Franco Manca, Zizzi and Pizza Pilgrims, and independents from Brighton, Glasgow and Stockport. All the finalists will face each other in a live cooking showdown at Walthamstow’s Big Penny Social on November 4. There’ll be a signature round to determine the Pizza of the Year, as well as a technical challenge to decide the Pizza Chef of the Year. After deliberation by an expert judging panel, the victors will be announced in the evening. 

London pizzas nominated for the National Pizza Awards 2025 (and their signature slices)

• ACE Pizza: The Capish
• Base Face Pizza: Seoul Mate
• Bing Bong Pizza: With A Little H(ELP) From My Friends
• Little Earthquakes: Fennel Salami Bolognaise
• Mamma Dough: John O’Goat
• Short Road Pizza Co: SRP Marinara
• Super Club Roma: Into The Woods (& Out Of The City)
• Yard Sale Pizza: Bright Young Thing
• Zia Lucia: Britalian Blaze

The best pizza in London, according to Time Out.

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