California-style pizza

"California pizza" redirects here. Not to be confused with Pizza California or California Pizza Kitchen.

California-style pizza
A California Club pizza
Alternative namesCalifornia pizza
TypePizza
Place of originUnited States
Region or stateCalifornia
Created byEd LaDou and Alice Waters
Main ingredientsPizza dough, cheese

California-style pizza (also known as California pizza) is a style of pizza that combines New York and Italian thin crust with toppings from the California cuisine cooking style. Its invention is generally attributed to chef Ed LaDou, and Chez Panisse, in Berkeley, California. Wolfgang Puck, after meeting LaDou, popularized the style of pizza in the rest of the country.[1] It is served in many California cuisine restaurants. California Pizza Kitchen, Round Table Pizza, Extreme Pizza, and Sammy's Woodfired Pizza[2] are four major pizza franchises associated with California-style pizza.

  1. ^ Larry Olmsted (April 7, 2006). "Celebrity chefs transform Las Vegas dining scene". USA Today. Retrieved October 3, 2007.
  2. ^ Pizza, Sammy's Woodfired. "Sammy's Woodfired Pizza". sammyspizza.com. Retrieved March 27, 2021.