WHETHER you prefer pizza or pasta, this week in our first Food and Drink Awards we are looking for readers' favourite Italian. 

Over the next couple of months we will be revealing a different category each week and calling on readers to help us decide the shortlist.

Then on Fridays, it will be time for foodie fans to get voting for their favourite with the overall winners revealed in a special feature in the paper later this year.

So whether you prefer deep pan or thin crust or you love a linguine, we want to know where you think is the best Italian and why.

To get a pizza the action and have your say, post your suggestions below, tweet them to us or post them on our Facebook wall.

And don’t forget to check on Friday if your favourite has made the cut when we launch our online vote across our sister titles Northwich Guardian, Winsford and Middlewich Guardian, Knutsford Guardian and Wilmslow Guardian.