Zizzi

Zizzi Restaurants Limited, trading as Zizzi, is a chain of Italian-inspired restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is the sister restaurant of ASK Italian, both having been founded by Adam and Sam Kaye. In February 2015, Bridgepoint Capital completed a £250 million acquisition of the two brands. They were subsequently bought by TowerBrook Capital Partners in 2020.

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Locations

The first Zizzi restaurant opened in Chiswick in 1999. As of October 2025, the Zizzi portfolio includes 138 restaurants. About 27 in London and Greater London, as well as locations throughout the United Kingdom.
On 17 July 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in [the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic], Azzurri Group, owner of the Zizzi and ASK Italian chains, announced the closure of 75 restaurants with the loss of up to 1,200 jobs.

Philanthropy

In the summer of 2011, Zizzi began using the Pennies service in all their restaurants to give customers the option to top up their bill with a 20p donation to charity. By March 2012, over £50,000 had been raised for charity, with the majority going to long-standing charity partner The Prince's Trust. Pennies with Zizzi was crowned "Project of the Year" by the Real IT Awards in 2012, also picking up the prize for Corporate, Social and Environmental Responsibility. In 2020, Zizzi won the Lausanne Index Prize for Novel Product of the Year.