{"id":61863,"date":"2025-02-13T11:25:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T11:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=61863"},"modified":"2025-02-14T20:26:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T20:26:24","slug":"rudys-launches-new-competition-for-national-pizza-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/13\/rudys-launches-new-competition-for-national-pizza-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudy\u2019s launches new competition for National Pizza Day\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rudy&#8217;s launched an all-new pizza competition earlier this week to celebrate National Pizza Day 2025. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition, which opened on February 10th in Sheffield, spans across all Rudy\u2019s locations and invites entrants to create their version of a classic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruceeats.com\/what-is-neapolitan-pizza-2708762\">Neapolitan<\/a> pizza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamish Bebbington, 23, a supervisor at Rudy\u2019s Sheffield, said: &#8220;I\u2019d tell people to go ahead and not be scared, any entry can be a winning entry, don&#8217;t just think that because you&#8217;ve never worked in a kitchen before you&#8217;re not welcome to enter, everyone is welcome to enter, and everyone should enter.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winner of the competition will have their pizza featured on Rudy&#8217;s menu as a limited-edition special across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional prizes include an <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.ooni.com\/products\/ooni-karu-2\">Ooni Karu 2 pizza oven<\/a>, a cookbook, two free pizzas each week for a year, and a half-day session with Rudy&#8217;s Academy training manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" data-id=\"61877\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/9BDEE173-5243-43CE-AEC3-33C3C8ED5184_1_201_a-1024x729.jpeg\" alt=\"Pizzaiolo placing a pizza into a wood-fired oven, focused on the cooking process, back turned to Camera with Rudy's logo on back of shirt\" class=\"wp-image-61877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/9BDEE173-5243-43CE-AEC3-33C3C8ED5184_1_201_a-980x697.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/9BDEE173-5243-43CE-AEC3-33C3C8ED5184_1_201_a-480x342.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rudy&#8217;s Sheffield Pizzaiolo, Matthew Clayton, cooking pizza in oven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" data-id=\"61903\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/10B8A71F-79F9-47EC-85A9-1299C16FDF45_1_201_a-1024x612.jpeg\" alt=\"Balls of pre-prepared pizza dough resting on tray surface, ready to be rolled and topped\" class=\"wp-image-61903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/10B8A71F-79F9-47EC-85A9-1299C16FDF45_1_201_a-980x586.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/10B8A71F-79F9-47EC-85A9-1299C16FDF45_1_201_a-480x287.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pre-prepared pizza dough<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"839\" data-id=\"61907\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CFDF69E5-C329-4070-97F7-4D1DDA59A39D_1_201_a-1-1024x839.jpeg\" alt=\"A blackboard with chalk writing hung on a wooden wall, displaying Rudy's commitment to quality pizza-making.\" class=\"wp-image-61907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CFDF69E5-C329-4070-97F7-4D1DDA59A39D_1_201_a-1-980x803.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CFDF69E5-C329-4070-97F7-4D1DDA59A39D_1_201_a-1-480x393.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Statement of Rudy&#8217;s commitment to quality pizza-making <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Clayton, 26, a Pizzaiolo at Rudy\u2019s Sheffield, advising interested entrants, said: \u201cTrial and error is the way. It&#8217;s going to go wrong at some point, but you&#8217;ve just got to go again and again and again until you get it right. Go wild.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rudy\u2019s is highly customer-centred, with consistent efforts to \u2018encourage and give back to the community\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attempts \u2018to be fun, authentic, and committed\u2019 are reflected by the competition which is \u2018another way for the company to embody their values\u2019.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iris Yin, 21, an accounting student and customer, said: \u201cI hadn&#8217;t heard of the competition at all which is a shame as it sounds cool.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added: \u201cIt\u2019s a nice way to bring people together for something fun and light\u2014it feels like we really need more of that right now with everything going on in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch: Rudy&#039;s pizzaiolo makes fresh pizza\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W6HiYAsoUGo?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; 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