Pizza Express American Hot has been a favourite since I used to go to Peter Boizot's original restaurant in Soho in the 60s and 70s. Now, at the franchises since Boizot sold out, I find them a bit thin. Best pizza in Britain? For years that's been from Salvo's in Headingly, Leeds. Best pizza ever was from the pizzeria upstairs in the Mercatore Centrsle in Florence. After 30+ years trying to create s great pizza at home I reckon it depends on two things: the oven and the flour. This summer I built my own wood-fired oven in the garden and, as winter drew on I bought a small commercial single deck oven and installed it in the kitchen. The best flour I'd s combination of Italian OO hard durum flour and finely ground semolina which I brought back from Italy in my luggage. So now I reckon that some of the best pizzas in Britain are at my house.