You voted and now it's up to us to decide - Who makes the best pizza in the Pioneer Valley?
Well you've done it. You've narrowed the field and now we're left with The Elite 8 of the 2011 Valley Food Championship Pizza Playoffs.
I think I can speak for my fellow judges on this one - we're ready to eat some pizza!
We've watched as you've voted for your favorites and we thank you for giving us the best of the best. But now it's our turn.
Ray Kelly, Don Treeger – and I have taken on the challenge of crowning one pizza shop the best in the Pioneer Valley. I can assure you that we're taking the challenge very seriously.
Starting Wednesday we'll visit two pizza shops each week. This week's head-to-head matchup begins in the North Region. On Wednesday we'll visit Joe's and on Thursday we'll head to Antonio's.
After each visit you can read our critique and check out videos and photos from each pizza shop. Then on Friday, we'll compare the two and reveal our winner. Over the next four weeks we'll narrow it down to reveal our semifinalists.
View full sizeThese are your 2011 Valley Food Championship Pizza Playoffs judges from The Republican newsroom: left to right, arts and entertainment editor Ray Kelly, sports reporter Pam McCray and photographer Don Treeger.I hope you're ready - because I know we are!
As always, visit www.masslive.com/pizza to keep up with where we've been and where we're headed next.
As of Wednesday we can officially say - let the battle begin! Oh, did I mention that we're ready to eat some pizza? Because we are!