A pizzeria in England is charging £100 for a Hawaiian pizza, sparking debate about the controversial topping. The owners say they dislike pineapple on pizza and see the high price as a way to discourage customers from ordering it.
Some pizzerias go to extreme lengths to discourage customers from ordering pineapple as a pizza topping. A notable example is in England , where the owners of a popular pizzeria are charging £100 for anyone who orders a Hawaiian pizza. Lupa Pizza in Norwich listed this hefty price tag on its menu, as seen on the food delivery service website Deliveroo. The menu description reads, 'Yeah, for £100 you can have it.
Order the champagne too! Go on you Monster!' When questioned about the price, co-owner Francis Woolf told news outlet SWNS, 'I absolutely loathe pineapple on a pizza.' Head chef Quin Jianoran echoed this sentiment, stating, 'I love a piña colada, but pineapple on pizza? Never. I'd rather put a bloody strawberry on one than that tropical menace.' The £100 pizza originated as a joke, 'a way to make our stance on the subject,' Woolf told Fox News Digital. 'If someone does order the £100 pizza, of course, we will make it for them, but believe that is a fair price for bad taste,' Woolf added. John Stetson, the Florida-based CEO of Stoner's Pizza Joint, which has 52 locations in seven states, applauded Lupa Pizza for its creative marketing. 'I think it's a genius way to draw attention,' Stetson told Fox News Digital. However, Stetson stated he wouldn't 'discriminate' against customers who desired a Hawaiian pizza at Stoner's by pricing them out — even if he personally agreed pineapple doesn't belong on pizza.'People who put out a product want the flavors that we believe create the best taste, and for us, that's our cheese and our dough and the different meats we put on it,' Stetson explained. 'Pineapple spoils that.' Certain flavors 'create the best taste, and for us, that's our cheese and our dough and the different meats we put on it. Pineapple spoils that.' Hawaiian pizza sales at Stoner's Pizza Joint locations rank seventh among 11 standard pizza options before customization, Stetson noted. 'So, people order it,' he said. 'It's not on the bottom, but definitely not the best mover by any means.' Hawaiian pizza is traditionally topped with pineapple, tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, and either ham or bacon. Despite its name, this controversial combination of pizza toppings originated with a Canadian cook. Sam Panopoulos, a Greek immigrant who settled in Ontario, Canada, and opened the Satellite Restaurant in 1962, is widely considered the inventor of the Hawaiian pizza. Panopoulos had the idea of adding canned pineapple to pizza at his restaurant, which became popular with his customers but has since earned disdain among a legion of pizza purists. 'We just put it on, just for the fun of it, see how it was going to taste,' Panopoulos told the BBC in 2017, a few months before his death. 'We were young in the business, and we were doing a lot of experiments.'
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