California Pizza Kitchen Celebrates National Pizza Month with Return of a Fan Favorite: Carne Asada Pizza

Month-long celebration includes free pizza for a year nationwide scavenger hunt

California Pizza Kitchen fan-favorite Carne Asada Pizza is back for National Pizza Month! Featuring fire-roasted poblanos, tender marinated steak, Monterey Jack and Mozzarella cheeses, yellow onions and fresh cilantro pesto, served with a side of housemade salsa verde. (Photo: California Pizza Kitchen)

LOS ANGELES--()--You Asked. We Listened. We Reimagined! The Carne Asada Pizza Is Back! California Pizza Kitchen (CPK), the authority in creative dining with a California vibe, is celebrating National Pizza Month this October by bringing back and reimagining a fan-favorite: the Carne Asada Pizza. The pizza party continues all month long with the opportunity to win free pizza for a year through the coast-to-coast Hidden Pizza Dough Scavenger Hunt, a chance to sport your love for pizza with custom tees, and for Pizza Dough® Rewards loyalty members, $10 off their bill of $40 or more.

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year at California Pizza Kitchen,” said Brian Sullivan, SVP of Culinary Innovation at California Pizza Kitchen. “National Pizza Month celebrates all things pizza, and we’re excited to bring back one of our fan-favorites, the Carne Asada Pizza. We’ve reimagined the recipe and enhanced it with fresh, authentic Mexican flavors like fire-roasted poblanos, tender marinated steak, Monterey Jack and Mozzarella and tangy cilantro pesto, served with a side of housemade salsa verde. We invite fans to come in, celebrate with us and enjoy this reinvented classic while it’s available.”

CPK Gives Fans the Chance to Win Free Pizza for a Year

Hidden Pizza Dough Scavenger Hunt
In honor of National Pizza Month, CPK fans around the country can search for Hidden Pizza Dough as it travels to 30 select cities nationwide for the chance to win free pizza for a year. Starting October 1 through October 31, 2016, CPK will reveal hints to the Hidden Pizza Dough’s whereabouts via the contest’s microsite. The first guest in each participating city to solve the hints and find the Hidden Pizza Dough will win Pizza for a Year. Fans from Oahu to New York are encouraged to join in the fun when the Hidden Pizza Dough makes its way to their city.

Hidden Pizza Icons Sweepstakes
During October, CPK will also hide 10 pizza slice icons throughout their website for fans to find. Once they find the icons, fans can then enter for a chance to win Pizza for a Year for themselves and a friend. The more icons they find, the more chances they have to win!

For full terms and conditions, please visit www.cpk.com/nationalpizzamonth2016.

Show Your Love of Pizza with Graphic Tees

For a limited time, superfans can eat their pizza and wear it, too. Visit CPK.com to purchase custom graphic tees: “Slice, Slice Baby,” “Pizza Made Me Do It,” “But First, Pizza!” and “Pizza. The Answer Is Pizza.”

In addition, CPK is also offering current and new members who register for CPK’s Pizza Dough® Rewards loyalty program $10 off their bill of $40 or more (valid September 28 – October 31, 2016). Download CPK’s Pizza Dough® Rewards app for iPhone and Android and check in to begin earning rewards for dining creatively.

Follow CPK on Twitter at @calpizzakitchen (#NEWCPK), Instagram at @californiapizzakitchen and like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/californiapizzakitchen.

About California Pizza Kitchen
In 1985, California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) opened its first restaurant in Beverly Hills and introduced diners to innovative California-style pizza. Since then, CPK has become a global brand known for creative California cuisine. Today, CPK is approaching 300 restaurants in 16 countries around the world. Dedicated to a unique dining experience, CPK is now introducing its Next Chapter featuring reimagined menus, open kitchens, and unique renovations in all restaurants across the country. For more information on California Pizza Kitchen, visit http://www.cpk.com/.

Contacts

California Pizza Kitchen Public Relations
Toni Leigh, 310-342-4715
cpkmedia@cpk.com
or
Coast Public Relations
Melissa Penn, 323-605-3361
melissa@coastprgroup.com

Release Summary

Celebrate National Pizza Month this October at California Pizza Kitchen with the return of a fan-favorite, the Carne Asada Pizza, plus the chance to win free pizza for a year and more.

Contacts

California Pizza Kitchen Public Relations
Toni Leigh, 310-342-4715
cpkmedia@cpk.com
or
Coast Public Relations
Melissa Penn, 323-605-3361
melissa@coastprgroup.com