Dishoom
Dishoom is proud to be recognised as one of the best places to work in hospitality. Looking after people is at the core of what we do, and we work hard to make life at Dishoom the best it can be. Our view is that it’s part of human nature to care about making people happy. We all care about this deeply. We call this Seva. Seva means having a big, warm heart. Seva means we don’t just serve people, we take them in and look after them to the very best of our ability – guests and team alike. Alongside running busy sites with large teams, we also believe in doing more. Each year, we pledge to plant a tree for every Dishoom-walle, continue to break down barriers through our cultural events, and support children through our Meal for a Meal initiative. As of this year, we have donated 30 million meals (and counting) to children in the UK and India, with every Dishoomwalle contributing 55 meals per shift to this cause. Since 2010, our cafés have celebrated all of the food and drink of Bombay. We currently have cafés across London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and soon to be Leeds! Our cafés are bustling spaces where people come together to break down barriers and share in a love of Bombay food and culture. We have Permit Rooms in Brighton, Cambridge, Oxford, Portobello Road London and Liverpool. Our bar-cafés are lively spaces, woven into the fabric of their local communities. Our genuine love of people means you’ll always be welcomed with real warmth.www.dishoom.com
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Nov 2, 2026
MirandaGUEST
So that's where we went to Copaine.
MirandaGUEST
And then from there, we walked over to Dishoom, which is still in that General Covenant Garden area.
MirandaGUEST
The best Indian
CoreyGUEST
food I've ever had.
MirandaGUEST
Oh, yes.
CoreyGUEST
Like, hands down, if you do book or you do make a reservation for Dishoom, you can make a reservation.
MirandaGUEST
After 6 p.m.
CoreyGUEST
After 6 p.m. Or you can go and stand in the line outside, which they give you chai tea lattes to kind of drink and wait.
Ben BentonHOST
But firstly, let me introduce our guest, who is the incredible Gavi.
Ben BentonHOST
Opened the first Dishoom in Covent Garden, 2010, 16 years ago, Ben, unbelievable.
Ben BentonHOST
And now the company's worth way more than 300 million.
Ben BentonHOST
It's a very exciting number to put to just utter at 10 in the morning.
Freddy ClodeHOST
And they all have different owners.
Freddy ClodeHOST
They all
Kavi ThakrarGUEST
have different owners, and they all exist in this Dishoom universe.
Kavi ThakrarGUEST
And of course, they're in very different periods, right? So this owner, there's an amazing building and market actually in Bombay called Crawford Market, which is a very close relative to Borough Market.
Richard HarpinHOST
In 2010, two cousins with no restaurant experience opened a cafe in Covent Garden, inspired by a world that had almost disappeared, the Irani cafes of the 1960s Bombay.
Richard HarpinHOST
Sixteen years later, Dishoom has grown into one of Britain's most talked about restaurant groups, with queues down the street and turning over more than £130 million a year.
Richard HarpinHOST
feeding around 100,000 people a week and, for the first time ever, backed by outside investment from a firm owned by the luxury group behind Louis Vuitton and Dior.
Richard HarpinHOST
Now that business is heading to New York.
Richard HarpinHOST
Our guest today has spent his career insisting that the numbers should follow the story, not the other way around, and has built a company that somehow proves him right.
Richard HarpinHOST
He's the co-founder and now executive chair of Dishoom.
Richard HarpinHOST
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speaker_2ADVERTISER
Your business was the first idea.
Patrick MooreHOST
What curry was it?
Adam GearingHOST
It was a chicken ruby from the Dishoom book.
Adam GearingHOST
And it was superb.
Adam GearingHOST
Can't go wrong.