Gourmet Investments is an integral part of the Bharti Family Office and is working on an agreement to bring US-headquartered Chinese food chain PF Chang’s to India. Gourmet Investments currently operates about 16 restaurants, including Pizza Express, Chili’s, and Ministry of Crab, and is in talks with prominent malls for a space for PF Chang’s.
In recent years, many international F&B brands, including Pret A Manger, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes, have entered India, and this shows that the global food and beverage brands are exploiting the surge in F&B consumption patterns in India, which indicates the depth of the market and the evolving palates of the consumers.
There is a growing demand among customers for fine dining restaurants and gourmet food in India, and investors are also viewing the restaurant industry as a viable place to be. These international brands are well known to Indian tourists globally. If they enter the country and maintain the same standard, there is a great opportunity, as Indians are highly experimental about food.