The team behind Kokum and Black Salt in London and Dastaan in Surrey and Leeds are planning too expand existing concepts and launch new ones, according to the Propel Info hsoitality newswire.
Simeron Lily Patel and former Gymkhana head chef Sanjay Gour are expanding the Kokum Indian restaurant they opened in East Dulwich in 2023 – with a new bar, lounge, terrace and expansion into all-day dining.
Lily Patel said she would consider any further locations for Dastaan and Black Salt if the locations “really make sense,” and that her dream is to expand Kokum and build it into a “really well-known brand over time,” but warned that, “hospitality is still quite unpredictable at the moment, so we don’t want to rush into expanding.
Patel says that the there are constantly ideas floating around in my head and would like to open a chai shop and a Mayfair restaurant.
Author: George Shaw
Former BBC journalist and founder and CEO of an award-winning London advertising and PR company for 20 years, providing restaurant consultancy services. Spent a decade as the director of communications of the Asian Catering Federation in the UK and lead judge for its various restaurant and chef awards programmes. Now returned to journalism, specialising in food and travel and currently the Editor-in-Chief for Taste London, Taste Asia, the Good Curry Guide and CEO of International Culinary Guides.