Everyone knows that the most important element of a takeaway is, of course, the food. But what about the service? As many of our reviewers know, the difference between a good takeaway experience and a great one is often the the person delivering it.

These unsung heroes who are dedicated to appeasing your hunger with delicious treats, often go unnoticed... unless of course, they go that extra mile (excuse the pun). But, as our Review of the Week winner John found out, these guys really do make all the difference.

John wins £25 of hungryhouse vouchers to put towards another 'excellent' meal!

Easter has come and gone, Christmas is miles away, and your birthday may or may not be in the next 2 months. These three things combined made us feel that you need a pizza party!

We asked you beautiful people: "Who's on your dream pizza party guest list?"

Your answers were remarkable! Our heads went spinning as we imagined the epic, and not so epic, pizza party guest lists. From the political (Margrette Thatcher), to the violent (Hitler and Genghis Khan), and the totally insane (The one armed, one horned flying purple people eater) we want to be invited to your party!

and the winner of the hungryhouse pizza party is ....

Picture this: you and your new iPad, walking down the street, hand in ... erm ... stunning retina display screen. This can become reality if you take the hungryhouse Timeline Challenge.

We've told you a little story on Facebook and we want you to get involved! 10 challenge questions lead you across our Facebook Timeline to tell the tale of a house that got hungry ('challenge' is a stretch, they're really more like quirky questions). If you answer all 10 correctly you're looking at 3 raffle tickets for the iPad draw. Answer them incorrectly and we'll ring your grade 5 teacher and tell her you failed. Although, we'll give you one raffle ticket for trying.

To get you excited about winning the new iPad, we put together a few things to do with your new toy.

1) Order food from hungryhouse! According to the experts (us), food tastes better when you order online. hungryhouse.co.uk is 95% optimised for iPad use [95% of the time it works all the time] ... so go ahead, tap your order away!

2) Buy a ridiculous iPad case. We pre-ordered the handmade Italian alligator skin case, but then cancelled when we realised it was $4,999 - not $4.99. The extra $4,994.01 really put us over budget, so we opted for the 'air' case instead ... it was free.

3) Download Epicurious app. We like takeaway, yes, it's true. We also like creative apps that tell you exactly what to cook when you only have ketchup, beer, and garlic in the fridge. It isn't pretty, but we still like the app.

4) Download Kindle app. Or ... you can win the new Kindle Touch from hungryhouse. Keep tabs on our Facebook page to find out how!

Everyone has heard the story of Saint George and dragon. But beyond the legend, how much about the man do we actually know? Our inquisitive nature, dedication to the truth, and a lazy wednesday afternoon led hungryhouse to investigate. So, here are some things that you might not know about our mysterious patron Saint.

Ahh, those guilty pleasures... Whether it's that Spice Girls song that no-one knows you like, or the jumbo size pack of chocolate hobnobs hiding in the back of your cupboard. We all have them!

The dilemma is excruciating. You know you want to polish off the whole pack of hob nobs, but equally, you know that you will pay for it later. Our Review of the Week winner Anna seems to have found the answer though; order Thai from the Blue Moon, and keep all the pleasure whilst removing the guilt!

Now if only she can show me how to get 'When 2 become 1' out of my head....

That's right, 5000 takeaways on hungryhouse! We used to track the number of takeaways online using pretzel sticks, but we got hungry one day and suddenly lost count. Oh, 2006, those were the good old days.

Really though, this is just the beginning for hungryhouse. We are pleased to offer you even more choice when it comes to your takeaway delivery options. To all our customers out there, thank you for enjoying the ride with us. What began with only 9 restaurants in central London, has grown to a community of food lovers across the UK.

Without wishing to sound like a Grammy acceptance speech, we'd like to thank our mums, all our partner restaurants, and of course the hungry people of the UK who keep us going! Is your favourite takeaway not one of the 5000? Tell us about your favourite takeaway here, and we'll send our team on a takeaway mission!

We're clearly advocates of the all mighty takeaway. But there's no sense in denying the dine-out gene that is an inevitable part of our DNA. We enjoy food from start to finish - whether we cook it ourselves, order takeaway online, or wine and dine about town. Good food is what it's all about. To share our love for food, we treated one hungryhouse customer to a night in with her very own personal chef, Mark of Chez Vous Cuisine.

Chez Vous Cuisine specialises in bringing the elegance and taste of a restaurant experience, directly to your home. Personal chef Mark is known for his 25+ years of culinary experience and his 2 appearances on MasterChef, where he made it to the quarter finals. Nadia, our winner, was cooked a beautiful dinner in the comfort of her own home - with personal waiters to boot! Here are a few pictures of the wonderful evening.

        

There are takeaway experiences that are good, then there are takeaway experiences that are so good, you just have to shout about them (or rush to your computer to write a review).

This week's Review of the Week winner Sue had just such an experience when she ordered an Easter Sunday meal from The Cinnamon Tree in Raines park. Sue wins a £25 hungryhouse voucher to enjoy another 'faultless' selection from The Cinnamon Tree.

What's your favourite day to order takeaway? Anecdotal evidence suggests everyday of the week, while order volumes shout Saturday! With so much life packed into our weekends, we need something to help us organize those precious two days when most of us don't have to work. That's where the website Weekend Notes steps in to help. A recent review of hungryhouse on www.weekendnotes.com reminds us that ordering takeaway online from hungryhouse is an essential part of of any weekend.

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Hot cross buns are so popular around Easter time, they have developed a persona of their own. They're as synonymous with Easter as coloured eggs, but they tend to get recognition only once, maybe twice a year. But when they do get noticed, they go big! We searched the web for the best of the best hot cross bun stories and this is what we found.