Wilmslow’s Wood Fire Smoke restaurant is up for a pizza the action in the Deliveroo Restaurant Awards 2024.
The highly-anticipated event is set to celebrate the best and most loved restaurants up and down the country, to seek out the best burgers to the most super sushi.
Wood Fire Smoke is shortlisted for the Best Pizza accolade in the North England & Midlands regional cuisine awards.
The independent pizzeria is famous for its authentic wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas. After two years of fantastic artisan markets and hundreds of private catering events, Wood Fire Smoke decided to create the Wilmslow restaurant.
The return of the Deliveroo Restaurant Awards is backed by TV favourite and takeaway aficionado, Rylan Clark (pictured), who has been enlisted to judge the Beating Heart of the Community award– a new category for 2024.
Meat mosaic
Spotlighting some of the cuisine categories in this year’s awards, he’s been recreating some of his favourite foodie moments including his take on Lady Gaga’s controversial meat dress, which she wore at the MTV Music Awards in 2010.
The most intricate of Rylan’s three looks is the hand-sewn ensemble celebrates one of Deliveroo’s most-ordered items – the humble kebab – and took a meaty 20 hours to make.
In true Rylan fashion, he dons the ensemble, kebab boots and all, with his signature sass and style, pairing the look with a fresh salad-filled pitta headdress for added glamour.
Rylan said: “As a takeaway connoisseur and one of Deliveroo’s most loyal customers, I’m so excited to be involved in the 2024 Restaurant Awards. It’s no secret I love a cheeky takeaway, so I can’t wait to join the judging panel and help choose the deserving winner of the Beating Heart of the Community category.”
Deliveroo’s Restaurant Awards offers 60 award categories in total, including 50 regional cuisine-led awards.
Voting
Guest judges will include Rylan, Deliveroo’s CEO and founder, Will Shu, as well as renowned food critic and journalist Jimi Famurewa.
Will Shu, CEO and founder at Deliveroo adds: “This year’s awards are bigger and better than ever and we are delighted to have Rylan joining our judging panel. The Restaurant Awards are designed to give our customers the chance to champion and celebrate the wealth of great food right on their doorstep – so get voting to see your favourite spots snap up the titles!”
Voting for the awards is now open via the Deliveroo Restaurant Awards website and participating customers are automatically entered into a prize draw to win £500 of app credit!
Entries need to be in by January 21 with winners announced on Deliveroo’s social channels on February 15.