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PizzaExpress reserves Love Island winners Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti a table at Essex restaurant for first date outside villa-Cydney Yeates-Entertainment – Metro
The table is ready and waiting.
PizzaExpress has reserved a spot for Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti at one of their Essex branches (Picture: PA/ITV)
Love Island’s Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti have a table waiting for them at PizzaExpress in Essex for their first date outside of the villa, should they be up for it.
The two lovebirds were crowned winners of the 2022 edition of the ITV2 dating show, with Michael Owen’s daughter Gemma Owen landing the runner-up spot alongside Luca Bish.
Although Ekin-Su and Davide are now £50,000 richer and have plans to jet to Italy, the restaurant chain is so eager to open them both with open arms that their Loughton branch in Essex, close to the actress’s home, has reserved them a spot for the next two weeks.
Waiting staff have decorated a table, complete with a place holder with their names on it and two plates of tiramisu, in preparation for their arrival.
Fans of the show will of course remember how Davide made the Turkish delight a homemade tiramisu when he asked her to be exclusive, and now the restaurant chain has renamed the dessert TiramiEkin-Su in her honour.
To celebrate the couple’s win, PizzaExpress has launched a new date night deal offering every club member two classic pizzas for just £12 between now and August 14.
The restaurant chain has renamed its tiramisu TiramiEkin-Su after the iconic Ekin-Su (Picture: PA)
PizzaExpress has launched a new date night deal, so seize the opportunity while you can (Picture: PA)
Millions of people tuned in to watch Ekin-Su and Davide be crowned the winners of Love Island series eight on Monday night.
According to overnight figures from the broadcaster, an average of 2.9million tuned into ITV2, beating last year’s final which raked in 2.8million.
Speaking in disbelief after being named the public’s favourite couple, Ekin-Su said: ‘Thank you everyone for voting [for] us and thank you for making us who we are.’
Ekin-Su and Davide are the winners of Love Island 2022 (Picture: Rex)
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Jumping in, Davide added: ‘I didn’t expect it. I still don’t believe it.’
‘I can’t believe it,’ Ekin-Su agreed. ‘I think everyone’s winners in here and I just feel really lucky to be here.’
The couple, who had a volatile and passionate relationship in the Majorcan villa, beat runners up Gemma Owen and Luca Bish, and Indiyah Polack and Dami Hope, who finished in third place.
Tasha Ghouri, the ITV2 programme’s first-ever deaf contestant, and Andrew Le Page, came in fourth place.
Love Island returns in January to ITV2.
How to claim PizzaExpress’s date night deal
To claim the great value offer customers simply need to download the popular PizzaExpress Club app.
Once registered, the club unlocks the very best rewards every time you dine, starting with free dough balls for signing up, to the ability to ‘split the bill’ when paying through the app.
Classic pizzas include the much-loved American made from the finest pepperoni, mozzarella, and tomato, the iconic la reine which is topped with ham, black olives, and mushrooms, or the staple of any PizzaExpress pizzeria, the margherita.
Romana and leggera lovers need not fear, as they can also make a saving by grabbing two pizzas for £15, whilst also being able to mix and match one of each.
The offer is redeemable at every pizzeria nationwide and can be claimed at any time of day.
The saving will be applied to the customer bill when they redeem the offer within the Club app.
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Love Island 2022
Say hello to your social lives once again – Love Island 2022 is over, with Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti being crowned the winners in an epic final.
If you missed it, don’t fret – here are the highlights of the end of a brilliant series:
Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu are crowned winners
The Love Island final episode – as it happened
Michael Owen shares ‘pride’ in daughter Gemma as she comes runner-up with Luca Bish
Which Love Island couples are still together?
Who won the last Love Island? Full list of past winners
Has anyone ever kept the £50,000 prize on Love Island?
For all the latest updates, visit Metro.co.uk‘s Love Island page.
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