Meet the Winners of Pizza Champion Cup 2026
Pizza Champion Cup 2026 brought together outstanding creativity, exciting flavors, and exceptional pizza-making skills in a celebration of the craft.
As the competition’s main sponsor, we at Sveba Dahlen were proud to support an event filled with talent and passion. It was inspiring to see the pizza chefs bring their creativity to life and showcase their skills.
The distinguished judging panel faced the challenging—and delicious—task of selecting the winners of the Nordic region’s largest pizza competition.
The panel included: Jonas Lagerström, Danny Falkeman, Luciano Sorbillo, Mikael Lundgren, Krister Dahl, Wally Munteanu, Alessandro Condurro, Marius Niva, Heikki Sikström, Maged Samoile, Giorgia Riggio, Carlo Casoni, Petrut Pruna, Anton Zagerl, Gianluca Procaccini, Jonny Yuksel and founder Mike Arvblom.
Congratulations to all the winners and participants!
Explore the results across all competition categories below.
Innovations Pizza of the Year 2026 – Tabasco & Kikkoman
1st – Raymond Hanna
2nd – Francesco Sabatino
3rd – Alekszander Ivanov
International Nordic Best Gourmet Pizza 2026
1a – Kelly Atkins
2a – Katja Körkkö
3a – Tobias Gundahl
International Nordic Gourmet Pan Pizza 2026
1st – Vitangelo Recchia
2nd – Behnam Tehrani
3rd – Johanna Hanouch
International Nordic Best Margherita Pizza 2026
1st – Pasquale Zito
2nd – Damu Laszló
3rd – Edvin Gustafsson
Schär Gluten-Free Pizza Chef of the Year 2026
1st – Raymond Hanna
2nd – Francesco Sabatino
3rd – Tobias Gundahl
Pizza Chef of the Year – SM 2026
1st – Zeki Hanouch
2nd – Francesco Sabatino
International Nordic Gourmet Pizza Star Chef 2026 – (Michelin Class)
1st – Damu Laszló
2nd – Zheng Zhiong
3rd – Bayram Atici
Nordic Freestyle Acrobatics Challenge 2026
1st – Bledar Lezha
2nd – Zeki Hanouch
3rd – Johanna Hanouch
Royal Swedish Noble Crown Pizza Judges 2026
1st – Wally Munteanu
2nd – Maged Samoile
3rd – Petrut Pruna
International Nordic Best of the Best Pizza Champion Chef 2026 – (Michelin Class)
1st – Zeki Hanouch
2nd – Behnam Tehrani
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