Pizza perfect: Ghanchaka, May-Lau-Ling and Dangwhoodle

The wait is over for pizza lovers, the Col’Cacchio pizzeria Celebrity Chef Series is back!  Four months, four celebrity chefs and four amazing pizzas! Liam Tomlin kicks off in May, followed by extreme adventurer and chef, David Grier in June, and the creative goddesses from Charly’s Bakery in July.
And in the spotlight for August?  Col’Cacchio pizzeria is giving all foodies the chance to star in the Pizza Challenge Live, now SA’s first online reality show.  Entries are open and it’s time for all home chefs to show South Africa their pizza-making ingenuity!
How Pizza Challenge Live works:
1. Log onto www.colcacchio.co.za/pizzachallenge and submit your deliciously creative pizza idea – entries close on 24 May 2013
2. Share your pizza masterpiece with your friends to up your votes
3. Make it to the last 4 and be part of the Big Pizza Showdown live online broadcast
4. Keep calm and entertaining under pressure and keep those votes coming in – the public decides who stays and who goes!
5. Be crowned the fourth 2013 Celebrity Chef, see your very own gourmet pizza on the menu and WIN a year’s supply of Col’Cacchio pizza!
Dine at any Col’Cacchio pizzeria  from May-August to experience the 2013 Signature Pizza Collection.
Liam Tomlin’s pizza creation for May is the sensationally innovative Lau-Ling – a base of Asian (Vietnamese) style sauce, roasted crushed basmati rice, minced chicken, mint, coriander, shallots, crispy onion, spring onion, fresh basil, chilli, sesame seeds, served with vermicelli salad.  A unique taste sensation that has to be tried!
Born in Ireland, Liam’s career as a chef began at the age of 14, mastering his craft in some of Europe’s finest kitchens.  Liam eventually moved to Australia and in 1997 opened Banc Restaurant in Sydney, which won the 3 Hats Award in 2001. Exceptional standards in service and cuisine secured Liam as one of the finalists for the World Master of Culinary Arts Award.  In 2004 Liam relocated to Cape Town and his latest venture, Chefs Warehouse & Cookery School, offers a combination of retail and culinary education. It is a natural extension of his passion for fine cuisine and training young chefs.
R5 from the sale of each celebrity pizza will again be donated to the Children’s Hospital Trust. This year’s donation will go towards a very special project, the building of South Africa’s first Childsafe Research and Educational Centre which will focus on educating patients’ families and the general public about improving child safety and injury prevention at home.
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