A village is set for the arrival of a pizzeria next door to a popular pub - with staff trained by a pizza world champion.

After two years of planning, owners of the Kings Head pub in Wye, near Ashford, are to launch the Kingshed Pizza venue this week.

It will be sited in a previously empty outbuilding next to the pub’s outdoor courtyard seating.

It comes complete with a bespoke Italian pizza oven and vinyl turntable.

Marco Fuso, pizza expert and World Pizza Champion 2017/18, ran training workshops with the entire team in the art of dough making, pizza throwing and baking.

Using locally sourced ingredients for classic toppings, each pizza will be made to order to either eat in or to take home.

Scott Richardson said: "We’ve taken our time to get the pizza offering exactly right and are so pleased with the quality.”

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