FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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Washington, D.C. 20549

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Estimated average burden

subject to Section 16. Form 4 or

hours per response . . . . . . 0.5

Form 5 obligations may continue.

See Instruction 1(b).

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility

(Print or Type Responses)

Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

(Check all applicable)

X

Director

10% Owner

Hipp, Frederick R.

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc (CPKI)

X

Officer

Other

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

3. I.R.S. Identification

4. Statement for

(give title below)

(specify below)

Number of Reporting

Month/Day/Year

Chief Executive Officer

6053 West Century Blvd., Suite 1100

Person, if an entity

1/23/2003

President

(Voluntary)

(Street)

5. If Amendment,

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing

(Check Applicable Line)

Date of Original

X

Form filed by One Reporting Person

(Month/Day/Year)

Los Angeles, California 90045

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security

2. Trans-

2A.

3. Trans-

4. Securities Acquired (A)

5. Amount of

6. Owner-

7. Nature of

(Instr. 3)

action

Deemed

action

or Disposed of (D)

Securities

ship

Indirect

Date

Execution

Code

(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

Beneficially

Form:

Beneficial

Date, if

(Instr. 8)

Owned Following

Direct

Owner-

any

Reported

(D) or

ship

(Month/

(Month/

Transaction(s)

Indirect

Day/

Day/

(A) or

(Instr. 3 and 4)

(I)

Year)

Year)

Code

V

Amount

(D)

Price

(Instr. 4)

(Instr. 4)

Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

$22.4000

01/21/03

A

100,000

01/21/13

Common Stock

100,000

100,000

D

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. *If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

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