Is PizzaExpress Halal in the UK?

Q: Is PizzaExpress Halal in the UK?

PizzaExpress has said in the past that the chicken it serves in the UK is halal, while its pepperoni, ham and other cured meats are pork. Check the current allergen and menu information for your restaurant, and remember dough balls and pizzas share ovens.

Also asked as: “Is PizzaExpress chicken halal?” · “Can Muslims eat at PizzaExpress?”

What to check

Chicken: ask whether it is halal-certified today.
Pepperoni and ham are pork.
Cheese: see is mozzarella halal?

How to check a branch

Check the chain's own website or allergen guide, look for a halal certificate on display and its date, and ask staff which items are halal and how they are cooked. Franchise branches can differ from each other.

What PizzaExpress said about its chicken

In May 2014 PizzaExpress said it had never hidden that all the chicken in its dishes is halal slaughtered, and that none of its other meats are halal. It added that the birds are stunned before slaughter and that its chicken supplier is accredited by the British Retail Consortium.

That statement is from 2014, so ask the restaurant whether it is still current. Halal-slaughtered chicken is not the same as a halal restaurant: other meat on the menu, such as pepperoni, is pork, and certifiers differ on stunning. See our page on HMC and HFA.

Sources

Public Sector Catering: Restaurant, pub groups respond to halal customer information issue (8 May 2014)

Checked 2026-11-01.

Written and checked by

Hafiz Nasir Mehmood

Quran HafizIslamic researcher

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