16 under 30: Antranik Balabanian
An economics course prompted Antranik Balabanian to switch majors to Business and Finance, after he first opted to study Chemistry…
Delifrance wins ‘Janus du Commerce’ award 2018 for bakery-restaurant concept
Delifrance, the world’s leading French bakery-café-restaurant chain, was awarded the 2018 Janus du Commerce at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. This prize acknowledges the brand’s ability to reinvent itself. Since May 2015, Delifrance has opened 52 restaurants around the world including Dubai. Its Dubai Mall outlet is...
Leila Min Lebnen expands KSA operation
Leila Min Lebnen KSA is a home-grown Lebanese restaurant, has opened its second branch in Riyadh. This brings the total to four branches in Lebanon and 13 across the Arab world. These operate in the UAE, KSA, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. The interior offers guests a design that is authentically-traditional, but with...
GRIF 2019 coming to Europe
The Global Restaurant Investment Forum (GRIF), running for five consecutive years, will be held in Europe for the first time. Providing a unique meeting place, GRIF 2019 is a platform for restaurant innovators looking to raise capital, internationalize their brand, expand their offering or find new partners. Need to know...
MasterChef restaurant to open in Dubai this April
Chef Maria ‘Margarita’ Vaamonde-Beggs has been appointed to head the kitchen setup and menu creation.
bartartine; to bread and friendship
Discussing the current positioning and strategy, Yara Francis, bartartine’s senior marketing specialist explained, “Our setup is a quite a dynamic and vibrant one that is reflective of the location(s) we operate in.
Copthorne Kuwait City’s hotel culinary specialists win 8 awards at HORECA Kuwait 2019
The talented Copthorne Kuwait City hotel culinary specialists showed a unique performance at the competition and were awarded one gold and two silver medals, in addition to five merit medals.
