Film producer Kris Thykier and Enrique Banon, founder of private equity group White and Blue Capital, have both become directors of Quentin Restaurants, the holding company set up to oversee Soho House’s restaurant concepts, M&C understands.
Earlier this year, Soho House sold a 50% stake in its restaurant operation, which oversees its Pizza East, Chicken Shop and Dirty Burger concepts, to a private partner, a deal that valued that part of its business at c£33m.
It is thought that Thykier, who is married to TV presenter Claudia Winkleman, and Banon, were part of the group who acquired the 50% stake.
The new investment is thought to equate to c£5m of funding in the near term as the company looks to add up to 10 restaurant sites a year, with Chicken Shop leading the way.
It is believed to have lined up a further site for its Chicken Shop concept in St John’s Wood.
The group, which earlier this year set up a new division called Rollout Restaurants to oversee the expansion of its restaurant concepts, is understood to have secured the former Tino’s site in Allitsen Road NW8 for an opening early next year.
Rollout Restaurants, which is led by Alex Dawson, recently opened its sixth UK Chicken Shop in Crouch End. It also operates a Chicken Shop at its House in Chicago.
Dawson told M&C earlier this year that Chicken Shop would make up “50% to 60%” of the group’s openings going forward.
