13th February 2017 New-Delhi based Azure Hospitality, is to invest £4m opening 15 new restaurants, mainly in Indian metros and in the UK over the next 12-15 months. The Goldman Sachs-backed company, which has 15 operational Mamagoto restaurants across the major metros including Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata, plans to open four new ones. […]
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12th Feburary 2017 A popular curry and comedy night will return to Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens on 31st March. Following the sold-out whisky feast in September, a ‘Comedy Rum-Ball’ will see Itihaas’s head chef Pavneet Sangwan and comedian and chef Hardeep Singh Kohli rejoin forces, this time with Ampersand’s head chef Phil Bradley and
10th February 2017 An Indian restaurant in Cottingham, near Hull, has closed its doors just months after opening. A repossession notice has been put up on the door of Moghuls Spice Lounge Indian restaurant, in Hallgate. The notice reads: “Peaceable repossession of the … premises was secured as a result of your
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9th February 2016 Zameer Choudrey The Bestway Group has announced its financial results to the year ended 30th June 2016. Group turnover is up by 9% to £3.3b – although its wholesale business shrank by 1.1% to £2.2b. The company’s business also includes banking and pharmaceutical interests. Group chief executive
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8th February 2017 Twice decorated Michelin-starred Chef Atul Kochhar has annnounced his 2017 Chef Season where he welcomes fellow chefs into the kitchens of Sindhu and Indian Essence. Each month diners will experience a collaborative six-course Tasting Menu created by Atul and celebrated names in the culinary world. Each chef will present
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4th February 2017 India’s biggest food festival operators, Grub Fest, has launched an Indian tapas and cocktail concept in London. The people behind Mumbai’s The Grub Fest, the biggest food festival in India, has launched an Indian tapas and cocktail concept in Fitzrovia. Lokhandwala has opened in Charlotte Street serving Indian small plates, mixing traditional
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3rd February 2017 Healthy East Asian restaurant group, Nusa Kitchen is to open two new restaurants in London. A 15-cover restaurant in Moorgate, London, will open on 20th February, offering soups, healthy salads and rice boxes alongside new vegetarian and vegan dishes. On 13th March, Nusa Kitchen will then launch a 40-cover
Goa’s Ben Parmar 3rd February 2017 Viiking Ventures secures Booker and Makro distribution for Indian craft beer Ben Parmar appointed as Managing Director Hoshang Noria joins as Channel Controller Within days of appointing Ben Parmar, the former Cobra Channel Controller, as MD of Goa Premium Beer importer Viiking Ventures UK, the
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1st February 2017 Contract caterer Elior UK has joined forces with TV chef and author The Urban Rajah to create a new Indian street food concept. The concept has been designed to help Elior sites grow their sales by exploiting the growing trend for contemporary Indian cuisine. One of the new dishes
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1st February 2017 Three casual dining experts are to collaborate over a “fresh Indian” pop-up restaurant in London with the charity Crisis. At 6pm from Wednesday to Friday and from midday on Saturdays for the next three weeks, the Crisis Cafe in Commercial Street, Shoreditch, is temporarily transformed into a “colourful and cosy” restaurant serving
