Avon Alhadeff, formerly of Giraffe, has been promoted from operations director at Granger & Co, to managing director of the three-strong business, MCA understands.
Alhadeff joined Granger & Co, the business led by Bill Granger, the Australian chef and restaurateur, has appointed Avon Alhadeff, in 2014 after 12 years with Giraffe, which included seven years as operations manager.
MCA understands that the company is planning to open a further site as part of Cadogan’s Pavillion Road development just off Sloane Square.
Speaking to MCA last month, Granger said he would like to take Granger & Co to five sites in London.
The Australian chef, who owns and manages 16 restaurants worldwide, said he hoped to open four sites overall over the next 12 months - most likely one in London and three internationally.
Granger, who hopes to launch a new concept in London at some point in the future, said the high costs of running restaurants in the UK capital contributed to him only currently having three.
But he added he was building restaurants to run rather than sell and was happy with his careful and conservative approach during 25 years in the industry.
On three-strong Granger & Co, he said: “We’d love to be able to get to five if we can find the right sites. I wouldn’t want to open more - I want to keep it niche. There’s people that do bigger groups but it’s not necessarily what I do.”
