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Apr 20

Happy April Fools Day

Congrats, not.

Fool me once…

Haha! Sorry, this is just our idea of a good time. The astute may have recognized Nicole from the Titanic English Class video, the Holmes-ian among you realized that July and Ben stand for Jiao Ban, the Chinese name of our company.

On another note, when did flowers get so expensive?

Gung Ho! fans July Wang and Ben Li tied the knot at the Lido branch yesterday. July and Ben met at the Sanlitun branch a year ago and promptly fell in love with the pizza, and each other. When Ben finally proposed, they decided they wanted to do something different – so July thought they’d have the wedding at the place they met! The ceremony was performed by Gung Ho! intern Pieter Van Herck, who registered as a marriage officiant online for the occasion.

After the wedding it was home on the GHP bikes and then off to the airport for a tour of the world’s most famous pizza landmarks, from the birthplace of laobing in China’s north-east, Napoli, Italy and the leaning tower of Piza, and Des Moines Iowa, where they invented the stuffed cheese crust.

They have no plans yet to start a family, but they’re already thinking about it. Says Ben, “if it’s a boy, we’re going to name him Li Jiao Ban”.

Happy April Fools Day :)

 

Dec 28

2011 in pictures (Halloween)

Oscar does Gung Ho-lloween!

Okay, I’m starting from the end but I couldn’t wait. Check out Oscar VS the Halloween… uh… schoolgirl, Superman and a Bumblebee. Why wasn’t I on shift?! And check out these guys below; 10 points for this clutch Halloween win. “Uh hi, can I have a medium pepperoni and… 3 t-shirts, a couple of hats and a helmet?” *Click* “Let’s party.”

Gung Ho Imposters!

Nov 18

Gung Ho! Top Chef Auditions

Who will be Gung Ho’s Next Top Chef?

A behind-the-scenes look at the recent GHP chef tryouts. Competition was fierce and this guy… did not get the job. Thank god I didn’t have to tell him personally.

Featuring the incredible Lao Zhou! Shot and cut by Wynn Zhou (no relation).

Nov 16

Gung Ho! Pizza How-to

Check out this awesome vid of a Gung Ho! gourmet pizza coming into the world and out of the oven, shot and cut by my legendary assistant Wynn. Not sure why he choose Prodigy though.

Nov 16

LumDimSum behind the scenes at GHP!

LumDimSum behind the scenes at GHP!

Check out this awesome review of GHP: Lido courtesy of Kristen Lum!

I won’t lie. I was supposed to write a behind the scenes preview myself but hey, Kristen Lum of LumDimSum.com has done better than I ever could so I’m re-posting it. Welcome to the internet.

So take a Kristen’s Eye View of the brand spankin’ new Gung Ho! Lido HQ – all four majestically flour covered floors – from the central kitchen in the basement to the office and the Gung Ho! training center on the top floor!

Nov 3

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English Training – The Gung Ho! Way

For make English better.

Obviously, with the release of Gung Ho 2.0 around the corner we take our training very seriously. Check out a session of Gung Ho! English training.

Starring Skott Taylor as “Scott” and Nicole as “Nicole”

Never let… Go! Go! Go!

Credits after the break.

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Nov 1

Gung Ho! Deep Clean

So fresh, so clean.

So… once every couple of months we go all Monica and clean everything like new. I’m talking behind the fridges, under the shelves, we even wash the banners in the throne room.

Go! Go! Go!

(Shot by me and cut by my lovely assistant Wynn – and yes I was cleaning too!)

Aug 23

Great Wall Pizza Cook-off!

A couple of months ago, John, Jade and fixer extraordinaire Peter built a wood-fire pizza oven at the Gung Ho Hut, J & J’s beautiful property in Jiankou right beside the Great Wall. It’s built entirely from second-hand materials, from the scavenged bricks (sorry neighbors!) to the massive cast iron wok that forms the roof and took the better part of two days. Pretty impressive non? Read more