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==Fare== Since its foundation, PizzaExpress has specialised primarily in handmade [[pizza]] in the traditional Italian style. PizzaExpress introduced the lighter pizza Leggera, the first pizza range on the high street that contains around 500 calories.<ref>{{cite web |first=Becky |last=Paskin |url=http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/New-Products/Pizza-Express-launches-healthy-salad-pizza-range |title=Pizza Express launches healthy 'salad' pizza range |website=BigHospitality |publisher=William Reed Business Media |date=17 March 2009 |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-date=8 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108042140/http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/New-Products/Pizza-Express-launches-healthy-salad-pizza-range |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008, PizzaExpress started a Guest Chef Series with chef [[Theo Randall]], of Theo Randall at [[InterContinental London]], creating exclusive dishes for its menu.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eatoutmagazine.co.uk/online_article/Theo-Randall-joins-forces-with-Pizza-Express-/4684 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921130634/http://www.eatoutmagazine.co.uk/online_article/Theo-Randall-joins-forces-with-Pizza-Express-/4684 |archive-date=21 September 2010 |website=Eat Out Magazine |title=Theo Randall Joins Forces With Pizza Express |date=29 September 2008 |publisher=Dewbury Redpoint}}</ref> Francesco Mazzei, of L'Anima, came on board in 2010 to develop a menu inspired by the cuisine of [[Calabria]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecaterer.com/news/restaurant/italian-chef-francesco-mazzei-creates-dishes-for-pizza-express |title=Catering & Hospitality News |website=The Caterer |publisher=Jacobs Media Group |date=19 November 2009 |first=Kerstin |last=Kรผhn |access-date=20 February 2020 |archive-date=20 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220162336/https://www.thecaterer.com/news/restaurant/italian-chef-francesco-mazzei-creates-dishes-for-pizza-express |url-status=live }}</ref> The celebrity chef series continued in 2012 with the introduction of two pizzas made by television cook [[Valentine Warner]]. Warner introduced the fennel and salami pizza and the [[Spaghetti alla puttanesca|puttanesca]] pizza.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eatoutmagazine.co.uk/online_article/TV-cook-Valentine-Warner-collaborates-with-PizzaExpress-for-limited-edition-dishes/15542 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418214206/http://www.eatoutmagazine.co.uk/online_article/TV-cook-Valentine-Warner-collaborates-with-PizzaExpress-for-limited-edition-dishes/15542 |archive-date=18 April 2012 |website=Eat Out Magazine |title=TV Cook Valentine Warner Collaborates with PizzaExpress for Limited Edition Dishes |date=15 March 2012 |publisher=Dewbury Redpoint}}</ref>
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