The chain has over 30 restaurants in India and is on an expansion spree to clock Rs 500 crore in the next couple of years
New Delhi: British celebrity chef and restaurateur’s chain Jamie Oliver Kitchen has opened a new restaurant at Ambience Mall, Gurgaon, a social media post by the company stated on Thursday.
The restaurant will serve the greatest hits from the celebrity chef’s more than 20 years of career. It will dish out global cuisine, made with sustainable ingredients. The restaurant will offer an all-day menu, and contemporary drinks including coffee, mocktails and boba.
“It’s the first full format we’ve done in India. We did an all-veg one in Ahmedabad recently with no alcohol, but this is a veg, non-veg, bar, all-day dining,” Jasper Reid, Managing Director, Dolomite Restaurants Pvt. Ltd., the India Master Franchise partner for Jamie’s Italian, Jamie’s Kitchen, Jamie’s Kitchen Cafe, Jamie’s Pizzeria and Jamie’s Diner told IndiaRetailing.
“The new restaurant has every single best dish that Jamie ever cooked with a wider range than Jamie’s Italian, the emphasis is on handmade, fresh sauces, careful sourcing of ingredients, super service, amazing cocktails, amazing mocktails,” added Reid.
Reid also spoke about the brand’s expansion plan, sharing that another outlet is slated to open soon in Indiranagar on 12th Maine, with 30 more restaurants which are a mix of pizzerias, cafes, and kitchens planned shortly.
“We’re the largest player in the space now and are on track to the big target of Rs 500 crore top line in a few years and we want to get up to 130 sites,” Reid said.
The Jamie Oliver Kitchen works under the umbrella of the Jamie Oliver Group. It has other brands like the Jamie Oliver Catherine St, Chequer Lane, Jamie’s Italian, Jamie Oliver’s pizzeria, Jamie Oliver’s Diner, Jamie’s Deli and the Jamie Oliver cookery school that is spread across parts of South America, Asia and Europe.
According to the company’s website, the brand in India has a presence in Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Delhi-NCR, Lucknow, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
The brand has a total of 30 restaurants in India. It focuses on anti-junk, anti-processed food and anti preservatives.
