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Fastest pizza first

The annual International Fastest Pizza Maker Contest organised by Domino's throughout the world, is to be held this coming Sunday. Dev Amritesh, the Chief of Marketing, said, "The whole process takes about three months. It is held in each of the Domino outlets across the country, and involves over 80,000 employees. The district winners participate at a national level, after which the final contest takes place in the U.S. This year, Vijay Chauhan is representing the Asia Pacific region and will be competing for the international title with 14 other contestants."

In a minute

Hopes are high for Vijay, who can make three large pizzas in a minute and three seconds, which is six seconds less than the current record, held by last year's winner.

He said, "This has always been my dream. I feel great, and will do my best at the competition." In fact, Vijay has been practicing diligently for three hours over the past month, and has already lost seven kgs in the process. His rigorous training includes an exercise routine every day. His fellow employees are backing and cheering him on, giving him tremendous encouragement. Employed with Domino's for 10 years, he said, "It is this team work that inspires me to do better."

His personal favourite, the Plain Cheese Pizza, is also the easiest of the three pizzas he is required to make at the competition. The criteria for judging the winner are perfect quality according to the prescribed standards and time. Three 14-inch saleable pizzas have to be made, the time for which starts from when the participant takes the dough to the time the pizza is put in the oven for baking. The quality is checked, and the total time taken for the three pizzas is counted to announce the international fastest pizza maker.

On an average, it takes about 10 minutes for the employees to make one pizza.

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