In 1965, Pizza Express became the first restaurant to serve pizza and Peroni on a UK high street. Today, there are over 400 Pizza Express restaurants across the UK and 40 more restaurants throughout the world.
Customers can buy Pizza Express' signature dough balls and handmade pizzas with Pizza Express vouchers, but those watching their weight can spend their Pizza Express vouchers on a lighter Leggera pizza that accounts for no more than 500 calories.
In 2008, InterContinental London chef Theo Randall added some exclusive dishes to the Pizza Express menu, while L'Anima chef Francesco Mazzei created a menu of Calabria-inspired meals in 2010. Busy diners can order takeaway or supermarket meals with Pizza Express discount codes.
Pizza Express has become as famous for its jazz performances as its pizza. The first jazz performance at a Pizza Express took place in 1965 and artists such as Norah Jones, Amy Winehouse and Ella Fitzgerald have sung in one of the three Pizza Express jazz clubs in the UK.
Each year, Pizza Express hosts the Big Audition with Jamie Cullum competition, which rewards artists with money, exposure and a Dean Street Jazz Club residency. Pizza Express is a major visual arts supporter and established a living design laboratory in Richmond in 2010. Since 1977, proceeds from each Pizza Veneziana sold at Pizza Express go towards the Venice in Peril Fund.