The Dishoom restaurant group, has a made key appointment ahead of its international debut in New York next year. The business has hired Brookes Decker as Senior Director of Operations in the US.
Decker previously spent 20 months as Director of Restaurants at Starr Restaurants – the business led by Stephen Starr, which operates over 40 restaurants, in Philadelphia, New York City, Washington DC, South Florida, and Nashville.
He also spent 14 months as Operations Director at Method Co, the Philadelphia-based company that owns and operates multiple hospitality businesses inlding ROOST Apartment Hotel, Mulherin’s Sons Restaurant and Hotel, The Nickel, Lowland, and The Pinch.
With an anticipated March opening in the ‘NoMad’ (North of Madison Square) district of borough of Manhattan, Executive Chef Arun Kumar has raising the restaurant’s profile preparing a family-style dinner for New York journalists of the restaurant’s famous chicken ruby (its spin on butter chicken), a the chewy keema pau (spiced minced lamb with peas), and a creamy lush black dal, and his decadent crusted lamb nihari biryani.
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.