Umang Tewari is a restaurateur spurred by ambitious vision, which he feeds with his mammoth endeavours.
The Chairman of Big Fish Ventures, who seemed a bit reluctant to talk about himself, has come up with six new restaurant brands within his company’s ambit, within a span of barely two years!
They are The Vault Café, GaramDharam, The Junkyard Cafe, 3 Pegs Down, Café OMG, and Band Stand. He seemed to be a man in great hurry… The Vault Café was the first of these brands to become a reality. The outlet of The Vault Café was launched in Connaught Place, New Delhi, in November 2014.
Out of these six restaurant brands, Garam-Dharam presently has two outlets in Delhi —one in Rajouri Garden and another in Connaught Place; and The Junkyard Café has three outlets in the capital, with presence in Rajouri Garden, Connaught Place and Saket. The other four brands have one outlet each, all within Delhi only. “All of these outlets are company-owned”, stated Tewari.
It seems that he has made a big impact in Delhi’s vibrant culinary scene all of a sudden, but behind this new found success is the passion and preparation of many years. In fact, his forays into the food service business can be demarcated into four stages.
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From his early days of youth, Tewari was inspired by the food and music scene which led him to venture into the food service sector. In fact, hailing from a business family involved in the construction business, Tewari’s foray into the restaurant business begun way back in 1998, with a restaurant named Rudra Castle, which was and is still located at Shankar Road, New Delhi. “The outlet is still running,” he asserted. At that time, he didn’t even complete his academics. Thereafter, while doing his MBA in the UK, he worked in a café, and this exposure ignited his latent passion to become a restaurateur with a difference.
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