‘London pizza’ is now a thing — and some say it’s the best in the world

Krdo · May 21, 2026 · 1327 words · By CNN Newssource

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‘London pizza’ is now a thing — and some say it’s the best in the world By Sam Peters, CNN.

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Topics 3

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What happened

‘London pizza’ is now a thing — and some say it’s the best in the world By Sam Peters, CNN.

Why it matters

(CNN) — Ask Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany what they thought of New York’s pizza and the response is emphatic: “Underwhelmed.” While New York’s slices may have a global reputation as some of the world’s best, they pale in comparison to what’s on offer in…

Common ground

London is now serving the greatest pizza in the world, they claim.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 18 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “It recently announced it was closing 16 venues that were “no longer sustainable.””

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Claim 2: “Michele Pascarella’s newest branch of “Napoli on the Road” in Soho”

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Claim 3: “Del Guercio and Delany are opening a second restaurant in the Covent Garden shopping district”

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Claim 4: “McCluskey moved to a new location in the upscale area of Mayfair in early 2025”

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Claim 5: “they... have reviewed around 600 pizzas in the UK capital”

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Only the CNN article explicitly mentions the specific number of 'around 600 pizzas' reviewed. Other sources confirm they review pizza, but not the specific count.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ask Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany what they thought of New York’s pizza and the response is emphatic: “Underwhelmed.” While New York’s slices may have a global reputation as some of the world’s be…
https://www.cnn.com/travel/london-pizza-best-world

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web search NEUTRAL — For del Guercio, London is defined by its freedom. “If you look at Naples, it’s very rules-driven. Roman style, [also] rules-driven.Del Guercio, whose family hails from Italy, agrees. “We’ve travelled…
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/london-is-the-worlds-g…

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web search NEUTRAL — Carmela’s joins London’s pizza renaissance. A Little Italy-inspired pizzeria lands in Islington with 13-inch pies, pepperoni heat and big flavour energy.
https://www.wallpaper.com/travel/restaurants/carmelas-london…

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Claim 6: “He opened his first restaurant in the west London suburb of Chiswick in 2019”

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Claim 7: “Dorian Waite and Philip Eeles, who co-founded the popular burger chain Honest Burgers, invested in Breadstall two and a half years ago”

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Claim 8: “It sells around 10,000 slices a week during peak times, using two and a half metric tons of dough to make them”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic online calculator pages and does not contain any information regarding Breadstall's sales volume or dough usage.

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web search NEUTRAL — Basic Online Calculator with 10-digit keypad and 4 functions to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers. Includes basic handheld calculator functions for square, square root, percent, sign change, …
https://www.theonlinecalculator.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Your all-in-one online calculator for quick and precise basic to scientific calculations. Easily perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, trigonometry, logarithms, and more with our us…
https://w3calc.com/en/

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web search NEUTRAL — Use the best online calculator for all your math needs on PC and smartphones. The free calculator allows you to quickly and accurately perform arithmetic, calculate percentages, raise to a power or ex…
https://calculator-1.com/

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Claim 9: “Crisp. Started by Carl McCluskey in his grandmother’s pub in Hammersmith”

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Claim 10: “expanding to 70 nationwide locations, it’s fared less well, reporting a a £3.2 million ($4.3 million) loss in 2024”

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No evidence was provided or found for this claim.

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Claim 11: “A quarter of a 20-inch pie is £7, or about $9.50”

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The provided evidence consists of Wikipedia and US Mint pages regarding the US quarter coin, which is irrelevant to the pricing of pizza at Breadstall.

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web search NEUTRAL — The quarter, formally known as the quarter dollar, is a coin of the United States, valued at 25 cents and representing one-quarter of a dollar. Adorning its obverse in modern designs is the profile of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(United_States_coin)

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web search NEUTRAL — Learn more about the quarter, America's 25-cent circulating coin. For 2026, the quarter will feature five designs related to U.S. history to honor the Nation's 250th anniversary.
https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coins-and-medals/circulating-co…

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web search NEUTRAL — The quarter has been an important denomination of United States currency since 1796, when the Draped Bust quarter was first minted. The original quarter featured a depiction of Lady Liberty on the fro…
https://www.coinvaluechecker.com/quarter-value/

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Claim 12: “he was named pizza chef of the year by 50 Top Pizza... Last year his ragu-topped creation won pizza of the year”

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Claim 13: “UK food journalist and author Clare Finney first wrote about the concept [of London pizza] in a 2019 article”

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The claim that Clare Finney wrote about the concept of 'London pizza' in 2019 is mentioned specifically in the CNN article. Other provided search results (Wikipedia, etc.) are irrelevant to the claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David John Finney (3 January 1917 – 12 November 2018) was a British statistician and Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh. He was Director of the Agricultural Research Coun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._Finney

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gathering Storm is a BBC–HBO co-produced television biographical film about Winston Churchill in the years just prior to World War II. The title of the film is that of the first volume of Churchil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gathering_Storm_(2002_film…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Time Traveler's Wife is the debut novel by American author Audrey Niffenegger, published in 2003. It is a love story about Henry, a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Traveler's_Wife

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Claim 14: “Del Guercio and Delany run “Bite Twice,” a popular food review series on Instagram and TikTok”

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Three independent sources (CNN, Daily Mail, and another web result) confirm that Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany run the 'Bite Twice' social media account/series on Instagram and TikTok.

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web search NEUTRAL — Del Guercio and Delany run “Bite Twice,” a popular food review series on Instagram and TikTok and have reviewed around 600 pizzas in the UK capital, a mission that inspired them to open their own pizz…
https://www.cnn.com/travel/london-pizza-best-world

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web search NEUTRAL — Gerry del Guercio, who with his friend Paul Delany runs the social media account Bite Twice and helped build Carmela’s pizzeria, was in the middle of talking about an apple crumble when he was escorte…
https://www.standard.co.uk/going-out/foodanddrink/borough-ma…

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web search NEUTRAL — Gerry del Guercio, who runs the Bite Twice social media account with his friend Paul Delany (pictured), was trying out one of the bakery stalls, Humble Crumble, when he was interrupted by security.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15252677/Food-influ…

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Claim 15: “Breadstall... opened a new location in London’s central Soho district in 2024”

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CNN, Hot Dinners, and a location listing all confirm that Breadstall opened a new location in Soho, London, in 2024.

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web search NEUTRAL — What makes London pizza so interesting, Vince says, is that chefs “don’t have that tradition, and therefore dogma.” Instead, amateurs are allowed to experiment. Breadstall, now fully converted into a …
https://www.cnn.com/travel/london-pizza-best-world

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web search NEUTRAL — Soho. Oxford Circus (400m). Opening hours.Breadstall Soho is located at 92 Berwick St, W1F 0QB, Soho. Nearby is Piccadilly Circus, London. Nearest Underground station is Oxford Circus (approximately 4…
https://thatsup.co.uk/london/restaurant/breadstall-soho/

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web search NEUTRAL — Battersea's breadstall is opening a big pizza restaurant in Soho - and there will be slices to go.Breadstall is known for its enormous biga slow-fermented sourdough Neapolitan pizzas and, particularly…
https://www.hot-dinners.com/2024101413645/Gastroblog/Latest-…

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Claim 16: “inspired them to open their own pizza restaurant, Carmela’s”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources (CNN, Hot Dinners, and another web result) confirm that Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany opened a pizzeria called Carmela's.

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web search NEUTRAL — Del Guercio and Delany are opening a second restaurant in the Covent Garden shopping district, and McCluskey moved to a new location in the upscale area of Mayfair in early 2025.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/london-pizza-best-world

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web search NEUTRAL — The new joint will be called Carmy’s and will land at at 1 Monmouth Street in Covent Garden in the summer. The pizzeria’s founding trio is made up of Phil Chaykin, Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany.
https://www.timeout.com/london/news/this-hyped-new-york-styl…

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web search NEUTRAL — Italian/American pizzeria Carmela's is opening on Upper Street.It comes from Phil Chaykin, the man behind Ugly Dumpling in Carnaby, who's teamed up with Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany of the Bite T…
https://www.hot-dinners.com/2025070214311/Gastroblog/Latest-…

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Claim 17: “Sebastian Vince... owns Breadstall, which began as a takeaway baking business in the leafy suburb of Clapham”

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Multiple sources confirm Sebastian Vince founded Breadstall and that it began as a takeaway/vendor business in Clapham.

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web search NEUTRAL — Founded by Sebastian Vince, Breadstall has experienced quite the metamorphosis over its 25-year history.Discover: Breadstall. What started as a “fun thing to do on Saturdays” has become an intergenera…
https://hawkker.com/blog/food/breadstall-italian-biga-dough-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Founded by Sebastian Vince, Breadstall began as a bread and cake vendor and has evolved over 25 years into a pizza institution on Northcote Road, Clapham Junction. Breadstall uses biga, a type of Ital…
https://www.tiktok.com/@ollie_eats/video/7502322076695530774

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web search NEUTRAL — This is revisit to a fully functioning, operational bakery but.on the street. What an utter delight to have "discovered" such a secret "Street Food...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwF85VR4Pk8

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Claim 18: “Franco Manca pizzerias, started in the south of the city in 2008”

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No evidence was provided or found for this claim.

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