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Restaurant & hospitality consultants · Mumbai, India

We cook up restaurants people queue for.

Chef-led restaurant consultants from Mumbai. We plan, build and fix restaurants, cafés and QSRs, in India and abroad.

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Meet the chef

Every service. One chef.

Menus, kitchens, costing, training, vendors and launch. Chef Birendra Singh brings every piece, in person, to every project.

28 years in kitchens 126 projects

Meet the team

What we build

RestaurantsBarsCafésQSRsLoungesCloud kitchensResortsHotelsCanteensCorporate kitchensCatering kitchensBulk kitchens

From a 20-cover café to a bulk kitchen sending out thousands of meals a day.

Services we offer

Everything you need to open or fix a restaurant, in four simple steps. Take one service or all of them.

01Before anything is built

Plan

  • Concept planningWho it is for, what it serves, how it makes money.
  • Kitchen layout and designStations, flow and equipment around your menu.
  • MEP planningElectrical, plumbing, gas and exhaust, planned with your contractors.
  • Bar and café layoutCounters and bars set up for fast, easy service.

02Menu and recipes

Cook

  • Menu curationA tight menu your kitchen can cook on its busiest night.
  • Recipe developmentEvery dish written into a standard recipe card.
  • Food trials and tastingReal diners taste every dish before it goes live.
  • Food R&DNew flavours and formats, tested in our kitchen.

03People and systems

Team

  • Team hiringThe right chefs and service staff, interviewed with you.
  • Team trainingKitchen and service teams trained before opening day.
  • SOPsStep-by-step standards for every station and shift.
  • Operations setupPurchase, stores, prep and service, running smoothly.

04Opening and after

Launch

  • Crockery, cutlery, glass and linenWhat suits your concept, without overspending.
  • Kitchenware and vendorsThe right tools and trusted suppliers.
  • Technology setupPOS, billing, inventory and online orders.
  • Hand holdingWe stay with you after launch until it runs on its own.

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Know what you want to open?

Send a 60-second brief

Any cuisine.
Any concept.

Classic or crazy, we research it, trial it and make it cookable every single day. Slide the chilli and see what’s cooking.

Today’s special

PUNJABI DHABA. Classic North Indian, done the proper way.

ClassicBoldCrazy

Got something even wilder?

Send Chef your idea

Anything. Anywhere.

The world
on a plate.

Across the country and across the globe, from metro food streets to hill-town resorts and kitchens abroad. Every red light is a kitchen we have fired up.

  • 12cities
  • 3countries
  • 126projects

How we work · 8 stops

Idea to opening night

Opening a restaurant, café or cloud kitchen? Here is the route we take with you, stop by stop.

Stop 1 of 8

Site, concept & idea

We visit your site, listen to your idea and budget, and shape the concept: who your guests are, the look and the format.

  • Site visit
  • Concept note
  • Budget plan

Bring us your brief.

Chef has heard them all. Here are a few favourites.

Chef Birendra SinghLeave it to me.

Solved

“Our menu has 120 dishes.”

Cut to 32 that actually sell. Faster kitchen, less waste.

126 projects and counting

Send Chef your brief

Got a brief like these?

Talk to Chef

Plates we’re proud of

Main with edible flowersGrilled octopusMango panna cottaSteak with asparagusPumpkin starterCrispy starterMeringue dessertGlazed chicken bowl

Brands we have built

126 projects in 28 years. These are a few of the restaurants, cafés and bars we helped open. Drag the ring to spin it.

  • SthambaSthamba
  • Kömür The RooftopKömür The Rooftop
  • Liv Wid FusionLiv Wid Fusion
  • PuroPuro
  • Mintley CafeMintley Cafe
  • Saffron The Resto BarSaffron The Resto Bar
  • MaskoMasko
  • DICE;dDICE;d
  • KopykoKopyko
  • Stack TherapyStack Therapy
RIKAVI

Our HORECA partner

RIKAVI in Bhandup West stocks crockery, cutlery, glassware, serveware and kitchenware for restaurants, cafés, hotels and canteens. For chefs, by chefs.

The Gourmet Guys journal

Fresh from the pass

Straight from 28 years in kitchens: how to open, run and grow a restaurant, café or cloud kitchen.

Read the Journal
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Still hungry? 14 stories on menus, kitchens, costing, cloud kitchens and careers. Served fresh from our pass. Open the Journal

Owners say it better

Real reviews from our Google profile.

4.9★★★★★98 reviews on Google

Read them on Google
Excellent and prompt service by team Gourmet Guys. They have executed our dream café Diced in Thane. Superb work.
Chinmay HajareDiced café, Thane
Everything was done very professionally with efficiency throughout the whole process.
Michelle DavidMasko café
Had excellent time working with Chef Birendra Singh and team in Goa for a new upcoming casual dining restaurant.
Prabhud TulajaniCasual dining, Goa
Excellent consultant for hospitality industry, from the menu planning, costing, staffing and marketing.
Pritam GuptaHospitality business
Had amazing experience and learning at Mintley Cafe Bhubaneswar with team Gourmet Guys.
Sanaya RoyMintley Cafe, Bhubaneswar
Have got a menu from Chef Birendra Singh for our restaurant. Menu was so good.
R D Rajesh DebnathRestaurant menu
Had collaboration for a café project in Dombivli. Nice team, had amazing time.
Raj NaiduCafé, Dombivli
We have collaborated for a family restaurant. They are such a good consulting team.
Saurabh KadamFamily restaurant
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