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Published: 8th September 2026

Woodfired Cheese Pizza: Yes, No or Maybe?

September 5 was National Cheese Pizza Day but what are the options when it comes to putting cheese on your woodfired gourmet pizza and are there any rules? What should you be rustling up in your top-of-the-range Valoriani woodburning oven from Orchard Ovens, whether in your garden or inside your…

Where do you Turn to Upgrade Your Portable Pizza Oven?

Pizza oven owners are getting left behind by the barbecuing fraternity, who are now increasingly upgrading their BBQ equipment to achieve more sophistication and capability in cooking. And the reason? Mainly because pizza oven owners have not followed suit and upgraded their metal box pizza…

The Orchard Ovens Guide to Creating an Italian Ferragosto Experience in Your Own UK Back Garden

Never heard of Ferragosto? Not sure what it is? Well, it is one of the biggest summer celebrations in Italy, taking place on August 15 each year. Its roots stretch back 2000 years, to a Roman festival named Feriae Augusto, created by Emperor Augustus to give agricultural workers some respite after…

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A burrata and mushroom woodfired pizza, using the creaminess of burrata cheese.

A classic Margherita pizza, which uses cheese within its recipe.

Italian cheeses waiting to be bought and used in experimental pizza toppings perhaps.

A Neapolitan pizza base and mozzarella ready to be utilised on the top.

A pear and gorgonzola pizza - a delicious combination of toppings for a cheese lover.

A Quattro Formaggi pizza - perhaps the ultimate pizza for the cheese lover.

A Valoriani oven installation by Orchard Ovens, at the Bull's Head at Repton

An Orchard Ovens installation, featuring a Valoriani woodfired pizza oven, at The Black Swan

A Valoriani oven built into a contemporary garden surround,

Chips cooking in a Valoriani woodfired oven from Orchard Ovens

Steak and chips cooked in a Valoriani wood-fired oven from Orchard Ovens

Steak, resting on a plate, having been cooked superbly in a Valoriani woodfired oven, supplied in the UK by Orchard Ovens.

Raw chips, about to enter the oven mouth for gentle and continuously observed cooking in a Valoriani wood-fired oven

Jersey Royal potato chips cooked in a wood-fired oven by Valoriani, by the team at supplier, Orchard Ovens

Paella cooked in a wood-fired oven from Valoriani, by the Orchard Ovens team

Roast chicken cooked in a Valoriani wood-fired oven

The Hangin' Pizzeria in Betws-y-Coed, North Wales, where a Valoriani pizza oven is helping to drive rave reviews.

The Valoriani oven at the Hangin' Pizzeria in Betws-y-Coed, North Wales, which is helping to drive rave reviews.

Prize for the V for Victory competition being run by Orchard Ovens

Lasagna cooked in a wood-fired Valoriani oven

The new Valoriani commercial woodfired pizza oven in situ at Rico's in Bamber Bridge, Preston.

Photo of Pecorino cheese, by Samuele Pieretti on Unsplash

Pablo's Chicken, cooked by Orchard Ovens customer, Peter Lowman, in the Fornino 50 oven

Asian-style sea bass, cooked by Orchard Ovens customer, Peter Lowman, in the Fornino 50 oven

Spicy pork ribs cooked by Orchard Ovens customer, Peter Lowman, in the Fornino 50 oven

Roast chicken, stuffed with lemon and thyme,, cooked by Orchard Ovens customer, Peter Lowman, in the Fornino 50 oven

A pizza oven being hand decorated in the Valoriani factory in Tuscany

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