Where was the Hawaiian Pizza Invented?

Hawaiian Pizza or also called Pizza Hawaii, is a Pizza that is topped with tomato sauce, cheese, pineapple and Canadian Bacon or ham. Also, some versions include peppers, mushrooms or bacon.

Pineapple as a pizza toppings questions public opinion, Hawaiian was popular pizza in Australia in 1999. In the UK takeaways operating through JUST EAT found the Hawaiian pizza to be available there. In the US adults had pineapple in the top least favorite pizza toppings, behind anchovies and mushrooms.

Greek-Canadian Sam Panopoulos says he created the first Hawaiian pizza at his Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario, Canada in 1962. He was inspired by his preparing Chinese dishes that mix sweet and savory flavors. The addition of pineapple to the traditional mix of tomato sauce and cheese, sometimes with ham or sometimes with bacon, soon became popular locally and eventually became a staple offering of pizzerias around the world.

In Germany, Hawaiian pizza is thought to be a variation of the ham, pineapple and cheese topped Toast Hawaii, originally introduced by Germany's first TV cook Clemens Wilmenrod in 1955.