Officiated by the Australian Chefs Federation (ACF), the panel of judges includes GPC founder, chef Glenn Austin; past president of the ACF, Peter Wright; honorary past president of SACA, chef Martin Kobald; vice president of SACA, chef Arnold Tanzer, as well as two board members from the World Association of Chef Societies (WACS).
Williams will be given 30 competition minutes to recreate her Coconut Chicken pizza against six competing countries. The overall winner will be crowned the Global Pizza Champion and walk away with a certificate and A$2000 (about R13 500).
With international ingredient and equipment sponsors such as Fonterra and Prenox on board, local license holders Kobald and Tanzer are hoping that the competition will take root and flourish in Namibia, the UAE, China, Thailand, India and New Zealand, to name a few new territories earmarked in 2010 for the ever-expanding global brand.
Entries have already opened for the GPC 2010, to be staged at Hostex, Cape Town, in March 2010.
