About The Event

The Juggernauts of restaurant business in West has been so very impactful in evolving the overall business fundamentals, that there existed a need for creating a unique platform that will behave as the sponge of knowledge grasping and sharing.

Restaurant India 2018 Mumbai is one such effort that will be aimed at initiating industry dialogues within peer groups. This single day event is exclusively designed to serve as the multi-disciplinary platform featuring a power-packed conference which will cover a wide range of topics crucial to discover growth paths. Also, there will be industry specific workshops to help the participants and patrons to identify newer business opportunities, discover ideas on how to scale and build successful brands and the role of technology in today's dynamic times.

Our Speakers

Aditi Dugar

Owner & CEO, Masque
Vicky Ratnani

Celebrity Chef And Consultant
Gauri Devidayal

Partner, Food Matters India Pvt. Ltd
Syesha Kapoor

Associate Director, Silver Beach Entertainment and Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.
Pooja Dhingra

Founder, Le15 Patisserie
Shrey Aggarwal

Founder, The Belgian Waffle Co.
Ankit Gupta

Director - Hunger Pangs Pvt Ltd
Karan Tanna

Founder & Chief Executive Officer Yellow Tie Hospitality Management LLP
Gunjan Jain

CEO & MD, VKC Nuts Pvt. Ltd
Narendra Malhotra

COO, Olive Bar & Kitchen
Siddharth Bafna

Partner and Head - Corporate Finance, Lodha & Co.
Rashmi Balwani

Managing Director, Upper Crust Foods Pvt. Ltd
Sriranjan Seshadri

Founder, Last Mile Ventures
Krishna Vinjamuri

Principal, Lightbox Venture Capital
Rachel Goenka

Founder & CEO, The Chocolate Spoon Company
Rushad Rustom Ginwala

Founder & CEO, Ahura Restaurants Pvt Ltd
Anirudhya Roy

Executive Chef-Taj Lands End Hotel
Sanjiv Malhan

Principal, Office for International Architecture
Praful Chandawarkar

Founder and Director, Malaka Spice
Prashant Issar

Co-founder & CEO, Squaremeal Foods Private
Vivek Kapoor

Co-Founder, Dineout
Ved Krishna

Strategy Head, Yash Papers
Sumant Vikas

Corporate Chef, Cremica Food Industries Limited.
Rajat Wahi

Partner, Deloitte India
Reynold Fernandes

COO, FoodLink Restaurants

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Conference Overview

Today people are more into Experiential dining than just eating out, going by the analysis Indian Restaurant Congress 2018 is themed #EXPERIENCE. Indian Restaurant Congress will be building and nurturing the food service innovation ecosystem by supporting entrepreneurs and creating platforms for collaboration. It is the platform where restaurants, chefs, brands would find future business models, menu, ideas to address tomorrow's market demand.

Who should attend?

Chain store/standalone Restaurant Owners
Multi-Unit Restaurant Franchisees
Executive Chefs
F&B Directors
Professionals managing operations - finance, marketing & SCM functions
Investors/Entrepreneurs looking to start a Restaurant Business
Professionals Managing Operations -Finance, Marketing & SCM Functions
Investors/Entrepreneurs looking to start a Restaurant Business
Food-Tech Startups Seeking funding or growth opportunities
Restaurant Industry Products/Services/Solution Providers

Food manufacturers & ingredient and raw material private label suppliers
Menu R&D Experts
Processors and packers
Bankers & Financial Institutions
Angel, PE, VC investors
Supply chain and logistic providers
Retail design and shop fit firms
Trade associations and trade press
Commercial Real Estate/Shopping Malls
Government bodies
Food service Suppliers/Consultants

Key Takeaways

Identifying the growth drivers & business opportunity in Restaurant sector.
Achieving Quality, Consistency and Food safety in Chain restaurant operations.
Identifying the Growth drivers and Business opportunities in Restaurant sector.
Understanding the scope of Technology deployment in a conventional Restaurant design.

Networking with HNIs, PE/VC and Funding bodies.
Collaborating opportunities for Restaurant Franchisors and Franchisees.
Comparing two business growth strategies - Company owned vs. Franchise stores.
Learning best practices for Vendor selection process.

Event Schedule

Day 1

9 June, 2018

Session 1 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM	New Concepts, New Experience How They Started, How They Got There, and What’s Next For these New and Most Successful Entrepreneurs in Restaurants Doing away with the dining room by going "virtual" How Grocery is changing: Broad distribution, launching foodservice concepts Infusing innovation: How to develop and deploy disruption
Session 2 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	#New Money Old Restaurateurs, New Angels : How New Restaurants can attract funding from within the sector Emerging Brands with < 10 Units: How to attract Institutional Funding Evaluating the state of private equity investing in franchisees Making Best Deal Possible: How Advisors are connecting Restaurant Owners to Investors
Session 3 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM	New Markets Is your brand ready to expand Franchise or Not to Franchise: Knowing the Right Time to get into the Mode The New Rules of Site Selection
Session 4 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm	New Food : Sustainability And Natural Eating Developing your menu: From Concept to the Marketplace Natural Eating V/S Processed Eating: Why Less is Actually Better Creating shared value: Sustainable sourcing via partnerships
Session 5 3:30 pm - 3:40 pm	New Tech : Artificial Intelligence (AI) + Chat bots
Session 6 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm	Brand New : New Face of an Old Brand How legacy Brands are bouncing back Beyond the facelift: what has changed in the company Appealing with design and culture Young Generation in old business and how they are changing the game