Bristol’s latest independent pizza delivery firm, The Red Pizza Company, has opened today with a promise to shake up the city’s fast-food sector.
Key to its success, claims owner Oliver South, will be head chef Piotr Wroblowski (pictured below), recent holder of the title of the UK’s fastest pizza maker.
The firm’s Hotwells base will also be the first of a number of outlets, with sister units planned for Bath and Cardiff as well as a Red Pizza boat to deliver along Bristol’s Harbourside.
Red Pizza HQ on Hotwell Road is open for deliveries until 4am every night in Bristol city centre and can also deliver beer, wine or cider.
Mr Smith says “passion, pace and, above all, a sense of humour “are all part of the Red Pizza ethos. The firm will “thoroughly shake up” what he calls the “tired and over-priced service Bristolians get from the traditional pizza firms”.
Originally from Poland, Piotr has spent the past six years in Bristol perfecting his pizza-making speed. He became a UK record holder two years ago at a competition in Liverpool when he was part of a three-man team that served up seven pizzas in just 1min 21secs – wowing the crowd with his spectacular dough-spinning, a technique he learned in just a week and will now be using at The Red Pizza.
Piotr, 28, said: “Every time a pizza is made here, I'll be spinning the dough so it's made properly.
"It's the best way to make a pizza and the customers love it. We've already had kids coming in to watch me.”
He promises Red Pizza’s Bristol Bad Boy pizza will have enough meat and spice to make even the hardest-nosed chilli-freaks wince with pain. Meanwhile the Hot Hippy aims to deliver the biggest green kick in the city, with a fiery mixture of jalapenos, green finger chillies and spicey tomato sauce.
The dough has no artificial ingredients, no GM products and less than 1% salt.
Mr South aims to organise a series of high-profile stunts around the city in the months to come to promote the business.
"We want to be different from the crowd,” he said. “The Red Pizza Company aims to bring Bristol fantastic new pizzas and have some fun at the same time.
"We're no restaurant, for example. That usually involves customers spending large sums of money, wearing silly clothes and being annoyed with waiting staff.
"Let’s keep things simple. You get hungry, you want food, so you call us. As soon as you're off the phone we'll be on our way with a Bristol Bad Boy or Hot Hippy, beer, wine, or treats on a kick-ass Red Pizza scooter! What more does a hungry and thirsty Bristolian want?"
The Red Pizza Company is kicking off with a special social media-based offer, which allows new fans on Facebook and Twitter to get a third off the usual price of an extra large Bristol Bad Boy or Hot Hippy pizza with a bottle of wine or four-pack of Red Stripe beer.
