Sam Panopoulos, a Greek-born Canadian,
created the first Hawaiian pizza at the Satellite
Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario, Canada in 1962. Inspired in part by his
experience preparing Chinese dishes which commonly mix sweet and savory
flavours, Panopoulos experimented with adding pineapple, ham, bacon, and
other toppings. These additions were not initially very popular. The
addition of pineapple to the traditional mix of tomato sauce and cheese,
along with either ham or bacon, later became popular locally and
eventually became a staple offering of pizzerias on a global scale. The
name of this creation is, in fact, actually not directly inspired by the
U.S. state of Hawaii at all; Panopoulos chose the name Hawaiian
after the brand of canned pineapple they were using at the time
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