NEW PIZZA STREET FOOD LOCATION

THE PIZZA PROJECT AND PRINCE OF WALES REIGATE

Pizza Project are very excited to announce a new regular pizza street food location at the Prince of Wales Reigate pub, a short walk from Reigate station. The team will arrive at the pub and be ready to serve pizzas from 17:00 every Tuesday! Please call ahead with your order.

Our pizzas are hand-made using traditional Italian methods. We create fresh dough (never frozen!) and let it sit for 24 hours before it is hand-stretched and prepared with toppings. We try hard to keep our menu stocked with an exciting mix of flavours, and rotate our Meaty and Vegetarian specials every few weeks.

You can view the full menu here.

During our street food pitch at Prince of Wales Reigate feel free to order your pizza and enjoy a swift drink while we prepare it – but remember our wood-fired pizza ovens can cook a pizza in under 2 minutes! The pub staff are also more than happy for customers to eat Pizza Project pizza inside the pub – get the best of both worlds!

Catering outside means that occasionally the weather controls our schedule. Please do check our street food locations page, and our Facebook page for the latest weekly updates. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Have you tried our pizzas? If so you’ll be very glad to hear that we also offer catering services for weddings, private events and corporate parties. Our mobile pizza ovens and vans can travel throughout the South East to your venue. Please get in touch today if you’re interested in a free catering quote.

ITALIAN STREETFOOD & WOOD FIRED PIZZA

As many of you know we learned the technique of Italian Artisan dough making by completing an SNP course with the National Pizza College and Pizzerias. This is an association highly regarded in Italy – we have a love for Italian food.

In Italy you see many people eating out on the street, enjoying their wood in the warm weather. We have taken this concept to the streets of Surrey. Unfortunately we have to put up with the Great British weather so we do and you still get to enjoy the food but mostly in the comfort of your own home. We love the long summer evenings where our customers come and enjoy our wood fired pizza in the park in Sanderstead or watching the cricket in Merstham.

We have been doing some ‘research’ in Italy in here our some insights into the food and behaviour on the streets of Italy:

• Espresso is served hot and cheaper when drunk at the bar. A quick shot of caffeine before heading for off for your next task.
• Dinner is late so if you get hungry between meals there is anti-pasta with a gold glass of vino from any bar.
• Beauty is everywhere and everything. Beautiful clothes, smartly dressed people and beautifully presented yummy food.
• Gelato is so popular and representative of the culture, you can even find it to display Dolce & Gabbana shoes. Try and find the all-natural one as they are popping up in the cities now.
• Chocolate is served as little treats, maybe 15-20g so nothing like full bars of chocolate you get in England – thats a real small treat and not too damaging for your health.

WOOD FIRED PIZZA USING THE BEST DOUGH

To get the best quality pizza you need the best quality ingredients. Let’s talk about our dough. 

We use age old Italian Artisan technique when making dough. We learned this technique by completed an SNP course with the National Pizza College and Pizzerias, this is an association highly regarded in Italy.

We start early in the week to make our dough which is always fresh never frozen. First we prepare the dough by hand stretching it – with love! The secret is to slow-rise the dough which takes a minimum of 24 hours. So when you come to visit us on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday at our pitches, be aware we have been working on your convenient meal the day before to get you the best quality pizza. We take at least 24 hours to prove which is the time required for the complex sugars within the flour to breakdown. This method gives it better flavour but also means its easier digestion for you.

You may know the slow rising method from sour dough breads which are widely available now in supermarkets. This method makes our pizza dough are more easily digested than the more modern quick proven breads and doughs.

Come and enjoy one of our pizza’s made with hand stretched slow rise dough soon. For our locations see here.

WOOD FIRED PIZZA HEALTHY OPTION

Did you know our Margherita wood fired pizza is only 360 calories per portion (half a pizza)?

So January is over and we are well into February. With these cold and wet days it can be hard to stick to a healthy diet. Pizza is always a favorite and a real treat. But can it be healthy as well? We went to The MenuLab, a new company linked to the university of Lincoln, to get our pizza’s analysed. The basis to most of our menu is the Margherita pizza so we got that analysed first. The full pizza is 720 calories with 22g of fat, 13g saturated fat and 4g sugars. The Mozzarella cheese is the largest contributor to the calories and fat as just the base pizza dough is 468 calories per pizza with 3.4g fat, 0.5g saturated fat and 1.8g sugars.

After discussion with their nutritionist it was clear that their recommendation for a portion per adult for an evening meal is half a pizza so 360 calories, 11g of fat, 7.5g of saturated fat and 2g sugars.

Now for the toppings! Be wise with what you add and you can have a healthy option for dinner… Mushrooms or some rocket perhaps? Vegetables are always a good addition to a wood fired pizza as they add nutrients as well as usually a low amount of calories. Why not go for the Vegetarian or Five-a-Day to stock up on vegetables.

Watch out with meat if you are watching calories or if you do want the flavour, why not ask for half a portion of meat?

Did you also know the slow rising dough has health benefits? The slow proven breads like sour dough and our pizza dough are more easily digested than the more modern quick proven breads and doughs.

A quick note as we do get asked about gluten-free very often. If you book us for a party or a wedding, we can cater for all allergens including gluten. Check out our bookings page for more info.  

A LONDON WEDDING

This summer we had some amazing weddings where we were serving our pizza’s. One of the weddings to remember was a special event in London at the deck at the National Theatre. It was a bit of a squeeze and hard work for us in the heat (hard to image today) but it was worth it to see the couple and guests enjoying the evening, venue and company – with a beautiful view.

In the evening when the guest where enjoying music and dancing surrounded by amazing decorations, we served our wood fired authentic pizza’s buffet style. The groom, Tai, who runs a a residential & commercial design & build company, put all his professional skills to use to turn the reception space at the Westminster Boasting base into a wedding wonderland.

Courtesy of Stonelock Photography you can see some of the magical wedding day here. The photographers actually enjoyed our wood fired pizza themselves very much after a days of hard work. ‘Such a novel idea for catering for an event’ was their feedback which we greatly appreciate as they visit a lot of weddings. 

Find out more about our wedding offering and how you can add some festival atmosphere to your wedding day have a look here.