Invention of Hawaiian PizzaPeople widely attribute Hawaiian pizza’s invention to a Greek-born Canadian restaurant owner, Sotirios “Sam” Panopoulos. He called his creation “Hawaiian pizza” after the brand of canned pineapples he used. In 1999, Hawaiian pizza was the most popular pizza in Australia. The report notably crowned Hawaiian pizza as “America’s Favorite Pizza.”Since 2020, International Hawaiian Pizza Day has been celebrated every year on 20 August. The small pizza chain Pizza Bob's (formerly known as Pizza Loy’s) from Ann Arbor, Michigan, proclaims itself as the creator of Hawaiian pizza.
