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If you’re suddenly craving for a slice of adventure, there’s little need to climb the Himalayas or dive in the Marianas Trench. Simply trek to California Pizza Kitchen, order a pizza you’ve never tried before, and enjoy the thrill its premium slices have to offer your taste buds.

In fact, participants of the recent Make Your Own Pizza event embarked on a culinary adventure by recreating the bestselling pizzas of California Pizza Kitchen.

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Make Your Own Pizza Adventure

Before starting the pizza-making session, guests first chose a pizza flavor they’ve yet to taste from among the more than 30 pizza offerings of California Pizza Kitchen. They then received baking tools and premium ingredients, which are essential for creating authentic California-style pizzas according to Archie Rodriguez, President of Global Restaurant Concepts, Inc., the Philippine franchise owner of California Pizza Kitchen.

“Our California-style pizzas are famous for their use of fresh ingredients sourced locally and around the world,” said Rodriguez. “Premium goods such as imported Italian sausage and handpicked Roma tomatoes ensure the flavorful taste that California-style pizzas are famous for.”

Make Your Own Pizza participants then arranged these high-quality ingredients on top of special dough before baking them in a hearth oven. “Our hearth oven baking process creates a pizza crust characteristic of fine bread. It also retains the color, texture and taste of our toppings, lending our pizzas a distinct and complex flavor,” explained Rodriguez.

International Offerings, Classic Bestsellers

Guests were given the chance to savor their creations, which were served fresh from the oven. From the spicy Thai Chicken to the smoky sweet Jamaican Jerk Chicken, the international pizzas of California Pizza Kitchen offer a taste of the world.

“Our pizzas draw inspiration from the diverse culinary heritage of the Golden State, which is called home by many migrant cultures,” said Rodriguez. “This is why California is also a melting pot of flavorful cuisines—a culinary heritage mirrored in the pizzas of California Pizza Kitchen.”

The global pizza chain also carries classic bestsellers. Its most popular pizza, the Original BBQ Chicken, is one of the original recipes used by Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax, the founders of California Pizza Kitchen. And while Hawaiian and Pepperoni may seem plain compared to their counterparts, the use of high-quality ingredients gives these traditional flavors a premium twist.

“Our range of pizzas encourage Filipinos to be adventurous so that they enter California Pizza Kitchen, thinking: ‘Maybe I’ll try a new pizza today’. Because whether it’s Goat Cheese with Roasted Peppers or Tuna Melt, we want our pizzas to be as exciting as they are satisfying to the palate,” said Rodriguez.

For inquiries on reservation or delivery, call California Pizza Kitchen at 867-2115 to 16 (Glorietta 3), 850-5771 (Cortes de las Palmas, Alabang Town Center), 687-7841 to 42 (Shangri-La Plaza Mall), 725-7377 (Greenhills Promenade), 901-3881 to 82 (Trinoma) and 895-3447 (Power Plant Mall, Rockwell).

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