Turtle Bay, the Piper Private Equity-backed Caribbean restaurant chain, is in talks to open a further three sites in London “villages” by the end of the year, M&C Report understands.
The 15-strong group, which plans to open 12 restaurants in total this year, is in discussions on sites in Brixton, Camden and Dalston. However, talks on a site in King’s Cross are believed to have stalled.
The company is also thought to be lining up openings in Huddersfield, Leeds and Oxford.
It plans to open on the site of the NoNo 8 Bar in Derby and has secured openings in Bournemouth, Cardiff Manchester (its second in the city), Liverpool and York.
It currently operates sites in Ealing and Walthamstow in London.
The group, which is led by Aj Jaya-Wickrema, is looking for operations managers for the North East, North West, South East and South West.
The company, in which Piper has invested £6m, is ahead of its target of opening a further 20 outlets over the next three to five years.
