In my past life as journalist I can't say that I was that much of a puff merchant, but freebies were quite a nice perk. Every now and then this blog gives me a taste of that. From a work point of view, it's always interesting to see what brands are prepared to put on the table. So, this month it's 'Leggera month' at Pizza Express. If you didn't know, these are those pizzas with a hole in the middle, around 500 calories, space for dessert.
So a couple of weeks ago I was invited to the Holborn restaurant to meet other bloggers and make my own pizza:
Sadly there was a bit of mix up and Jenny ended up with my Tabasco-covered pizza. I also learnt that making pizza is quite hard. They also introduced some new Leggera flavours, but they were all meat/fish so I couldn't have a go. But given by the state of the plates at the end, I take it they were tasty.
Interestingly, a couple of days before I went to Pizza Express I read a post by Willem which revealed that Pizza Express take a cut of staff tips that are given on card. The representatives from Pizza Express were quite happy to answer my questions, saying that unlike their competitors who top up wages with tips, they pay above minimum wage and only take the processing fee out of card tips. Apparently they have ridiculous retention rates for staff as well. But nevertheless, mental note: always tip in cash.
Anyway, as part of Leggera month I get to do a sort of free pizza meme thing. I can tag my dream bloggers table and we all get to go for lunch for free. So... Amanda, 90sguy, Sam, Whatleydude, Charlie - who's free for lunch next week?
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