All JKS Restaurants articles

  • Joanne Searley and Laura Irving, JKS Restaurants
    News

    JKS Restaurants makes MD appointments

    2025-05-12T07:30:00Z

    Former chief marketing officer Laura Irving has become managing director of Trishna, Gymkhana, Brigadiers, Ambassadors Clubhouse and 42, while Joanne Searley (formerly chief operating officer), has become managing director of Sabor, Berenjak, Plaza Khao Gaeng and Speedboat Bar.

  • The Sethis
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    JKS Restaurants achieves £73m turnover

    2025-01-08T08:27:00Z

    The multi-brand group, which operates c25 restaurants across the UK and Middle East, has continued to introduce new concepts while expanding existing ones

  • Berenjak
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    Openings of the week

    2025-01-02T15:21:00Z

    MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring Afrikana, Berenjak, and more

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    Interviews

    JKS: Diversity can’t be a tick box exercise

    2024-11-29T08:10:00Z

    There needs to be a belief in the benefits of a more diverse workforce if businesses are to make meaningful progress, JKS Restaurants’ co-founder Sunaina Sethi says

  • Victor Lugger & Tigrane Seydoux - Gloria Trattoria London Shoreditch
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    Openings of the week

    2024-09-06T07:22:00Z

    MCA rounds up the week’s biggest openings stories, featuring Big Mamma Group, BAO, Inception Group, and more

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    Openings of the week

    2024-08-16T07:35:00Z

    MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring JKS, The Alchemist, Rockfish and more

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    JKS Restaurants strengthens retail business team

    2024-08-01T14:02:00Z

    Nihal Haria-Shah has been appointed finance director, with David Furze as operations director and Deepa Bulsara as marketing director for Gymkhana Fine Foods

  • Gymkhana Fine Foods Whole Foods window display
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    Gymkhana Fine Foods raises £2.4m in seed funding

    2024-04-15T15:10:00Z

    The retail spin-off from JKS Restaurants and former Mars executive Gulrez Arora is being backed by venture capital firm CAVU Consumer Partners

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    JKS revenues reach £50m

    2023-10-26T07:30:00Z

    The Sethi family-run restaurant group nearly doubled sales in 2022, while EBITDA was £5.5m 

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    Arcade: 'There are exciting plans in the pipeline'

    2023-08-07T11:49:00Z

    Food hall concept Arcade is focusing on its existing Centre Point and Battersea food halls but has some exciting plans in the pipeline, COO Cokey Sulkin tells MCA

  • JKS Apprenticeship Academy FOH Poster
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    JKS Restaurants announces Apprenticeship Academy

    2023-06-29T07:34:00Z

    After a successful launch last year, the scheme will return in 2023, offering aspiring chefs a chance to work across the restaurant group’s portfolio

  • Arcade food hall
    News

    Openings of the week

    2023-06-23T07:15:00Z

    MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring Arcade Food Hall, Fish Game, The Table, and more

  • Bao
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    Openings of the week

    2023-04-19T14:04:00Z

    MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring Cafe Wolseley’s international debut and new venues from Bao, Smoky Boys, and more

  • The Sethis
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    JKS confident in navigating recession

    2022-11-24T17:18:00Z

    The operator has said it has “a plan to navigate” the current trading climate, with financing arrangements made following the pandemic

  • The Sethis
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    JKS launches first international outpost

    2022-11-08T08:12:00Z

    JKS Restaurants has launched its first international outpost under the Hoppers brand in the Qatari capital of Doha

  • The Real Greek Solihull
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    Openings of the week

    2022-10-13T14:45:00Z

    MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, including Battersea Power Station and new venues from JKS Restaurants, The Cocktail Club and more

  • Jyotin Sethi, JKS
    Interviews

    JKS: ‘There is plenty still to do in London’

    2022-09-29T12:03:00Z

    The restaurant group is always looking to push the boundaries and challenge themselves with different venues and cuisines, CEO Jyotin Sethi discussed at MCA’s Restaurant Conference

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    In pictures: MCA’s Restaurant Conference 2022

    2022-09-23T14:22:00Z

    Taking place at on 22 September, the conference featured big name speakers from McDonald’s, Nando’s, The Wolseley Hospitality Group, JKS, Heart with Smart Group, Mowgli and Caravan

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    Jens Hofma to speak at MCA’s Restaurant Conference

    2022-09-12T07:36:00Z

    The Pizza Hut Restaurants UK CEO will share the story of how his newly named group, Heart with Smart, went into partnership with Itsu

  • Restaurant Conf 410
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    Book your tickets for MCA’s Restaurant Conference

    2022-09-05T07:22:00Z

    Hear from leaders in the sector, including Jens Hofma, CEO, Pizza Hut Restaurants UK; Jyotin Sethi, CEO, JKS Restaurants and Laura Harper Hinton, co-founder and CEO, Caravan.