The winner of the World's Fastest Pizza Maker award was Pali Grewal from Surrey

This week, Pali Grewal, a multi Domino’s Pizza store franchisee from Surrey was crowned the World’s Fastest Pizza Maker 2010.

The final saw competitors pour in from all over the world, many travelling from as far afield as Malaysia to take part in the grand final which was held in Las Vegas. However there could only be one winner, and this year Mr Grewal clinched the title making an impressive 3 large pizzas in 39.1 seconds which works out as one pizza in just over 13 seconds.

Being a speedy pizza maker is only part of the talent required to win this coveted award as each pizza is inspected by a panel of judges to ensure it meets with the high standard of food presentation which Domino’s Pizza prides itself on. The application of the sauce, portion control and shape of the pizza were all scrutinised by the tough judges, if any pizza fell below their high standards, it was sent back to be corrected.

Each competitor was required to hand stretch fresh dough to create the base, top with sauce and a different topping on each, one with cheese, another with pepperoni, and another with mushroom.

After a nail biting final, Mr Grewal, who has worked with Domino’s Pizza for 18 years, emerged triumphant. The winner was awarded a prize of $3,000 and also a trophy presented by Domino’s Pizza President and CEO, J. Patrick Doyle.

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A brand new Domino’s Pizza outlet could be set for Pontyclun, Llantrisant, providing it gets the green light from Rhondda Cynon Taf Council.

The introduction of the new Domino’s Pizza store would bring a huge boost to the Pontyclun area along with creation of 30 jobs for local people.

The council will consider the proposal on March 11^th. However Domino’s are positive that the potential to create so many jobs for local workers will weigh heavily in their favour.

Should permission be granted for the franchise, two store managers jobs would be created, long with 28 other positions ranging from delivery driver, customer service operators, and trainee pizza makers. Domino’s has a fantastic track record for offering opportunities to ambitious individuals with many employees working their way up the ranks and gaining a managerial position within two years.

South Wales based businessman, Tej Randeva, is the proposed franchisee for the new venture. Tej has considerable experience in the business arena and currently runs a limousine brokerage company, Limo Broker, and a coach hire brokerage company, Coach Broker, from his base in Cardiff Bay. The 29-year-old also picked up the award for Fastest Growing Business in 2003 for his brand of insurance brokers in South Wales.

A spokesperson for Domino’s Pizza said they are very excited about the new venture and hope to bring locals jobs, and delicious pizza, to the Pontyclun area in the very near future.

Dominos have launched their Pizza progress tracker in the UK

As part of Domino’s Pizza’s promise to bring its customers the very best home food delivery service, the pizza giant has launched a brand new service in the UK which will take the angst out of waiting for your delivery to arrive. The new project was launched in the UK last week and aims to provide customers with a more convenient and hassle-free means by which to order home delivered pizza.

The new Pizza Tracker hit Domino’s outlets in the UK last week at the same time the company were celebrating 10 years of online pizza orders. During these 10 successful years Domino’s has been at the forefront of developments and improvements to the online ordering system.

With more and more people opting to place their order using Domino’s fast and efficient online service, last year the company recorded £55.9 million worth of sales from its internet based service alone, plus 27% of Domino’s total pizza sales comes from this source.

The Pizza Tracker has already been successfully integrated into the Domino’s Pizza experience in the US as the system was introduced there back in January 2008. Now UK customers can enjoy the exceptional new system too. The Pizza Tracker keeps customers informed on the progress of their order every step of the way. It allows you to keep track of your pizza so you’ll know exactly when your delivery is ready to leave the outlet, where the driver is and how far away from your address.

Here’s what Sales and Marketing Director at Domino’s, Robin Auld, had to say about the new scheme: “Yet again, we are leading the way for technophiles with the Pizza Tracker. Having had online ordering for some 10 years now, we need to offer something new and exciting for our web customers – and the Pizza Tracker is a the ultimate toy for web-based control freaks! At the click of a mouse you can see exactly how near to delivery your pizza is.

So if you like to have total control over everything in your life, including your pizza, then this is the system for you. To download the Pizza Tracker for free to your iPhone please visit the Domino’s website.