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Adam Kaye
Adam Kaye (born September 1968) is a British businessman and restaurateur, and the co-founder with his brother Samuel of the ASK Italian casual dining chain. He is an executive director with Everyman Cinemas. Early life Adam Kaye was born in September 1968, the son of businessman and restaurateur Phillip Kaye. He studied catering at a college in Westminster, London. The family name was originally Kropifko. Career In 1993, Adam and Sam Kaye opened their first restaurant, a week after Sam finished at catering college. They bought the lease on a former Tootsies restaurant in Belsize Park, London, and converted it into a pizza pasta restaurant, inspired by Pizza Express. By 2002, they had 140 restaurants, 4,500 staff and turnover of £95 million. In 2004, Adam and Sam Kaye sold their ASK Italian and Zizzi restaurants to Gondola Group, earning them almost £30 million. In 2006, the brothers launched the dim sum chain DimT. Kaye was the founder of the pan-Asian Tasty chain. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASK Italian
Ask is the active verb for a direct question. Ask may also refer to: Places * Ask, Akershus, a village in Gjerdrum municipality, Viken county, Norway * Ask, Buskerud, a village in Ringerike municipality, Viken county, Norway * Ask, Vestland, a village in Askøy municipality, Vestland county, Norway * Ask, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province People * Ask la Cour, Danish ballet dancer * Beatrice Ask (born 1956), Swedish politician * Morten Ask (born 1980), Norwegian ice hockey player Other * Ask (horse), a British Thoroughbred race horse * "Ask" (song), a 1986 song by The Smiths * Ask and Embla, in Norse mythology * Ask price, in economics * Ask.com, a web search engine, formerly Ask Jeeves * Ask.fm, a social Q&A web site * "Ask", a song by Avail from ''Over the James'' See also *ASK (other) Ask is the active verb for a direct question. Ask may also refer to: Places * Ask, Akershus, a village in Gjerdrum municipality, Viken county, Norway * Ask, Busker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Kaye
Philip Kaye (born December 1931) is a British businessman and restaurateur, and the founder of the Garfunkel's Restaurant casual dining chain. Early life Philip Kaye was born in December 1931. The family name was originally Kropifko. In 1953, his brother Reginald Kropifko, a handbag manufacturer, of 21 Bryanston Mansions, York Street, London W1, changed his name by deed poll to Reginald Kaye. Career Kaye and his late brother Reginald Kaye started running Wimpy franchises, before establishing the Golden Egg brand, one of the UK's first national restaurant chains. Kaye by himself then founded the Garfunkel's Restaurant casual dining chain, and later Deep Pan Pizza Deep Pan Pizza was a chain of British pizza restaurants, that was best known for its " all you can eat" business model. At the time its closure was announced in March 1998, there were 89 Deep Pan Pizza restaurants in the UK. The owner of the cha ..., Chi Chis and Café Uno. In 2015, the Kaye family restaurant hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everyman Cinemas
Everyman Media Group plc (known as Everyman Cinemas) is a cinema company based in London, England. The company was founded in 2000, when entrepreneur Daniel Broch bought the original Everyman Cinema in Hampstead, London, which dated to 1933, which before then was a theatre. Broch led the growth of the company with the acquisition in 2008 of Screen Cinemas to add more locations. This coincided with Broch selling a majority stake in the enlarged company, though he remains a shareholder. Following the acquisition, the group has refurbished or plans to refurbish a number of cinemas. Those already refurbished include Walton, Belsize Park, Baker Street, and The Screen On The Green in Islington. Everyman's cinemas have one to five screens, a small number of which offer 3D. Everyman Cinemas offer a programme of films and special events, including the Metropolitan Opera from New York and the National Theatre (in selected cinemas), live Q&As, film festivals and seasons. The venues e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Westminster
The City of Westminster is a city and borough in Inner London. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and much of the British government. It occupies a large area of central Greater London, including most of the West End. Many London landmarks are within the borough, including Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall, Westminster Cathedral, 10 Downing Street, and Trafalgar Square. Westminster became a city in 1540, and historically, it was a part of the ceremonial county of Middlesex. Its southern boundary is the River Thames. To the City of Westminster's east is the City of London and to its west is the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. To its north is the London Borough of Camden. The borough is divided into a number of localities including the ancient political district of Westminster; the shopping areas around Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Bond Street; and the night-time entertainment district of Soho. Much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tootsies
American rapper Gucci Mane has released fourteen studio albums, two collaborative albums, six compilation albums, one soundtrack, seven extended plays (EPs), 74 mixtapes and 100 Single (music), singles (including 52 as a featured artist) and 10 promotional singles. His first four albums were released by Big Cat Records (U.S. record label), Big Cat Records, under the aegis of Tommy Boy Records, while his subsequent major projects were released by Atlantic Records. Albums Studio albums Compilation albums Collaborative albums Soundtracks Mixtapes Extended plays Singles As lead artist As featured artist Promotional singles Other charted songs Guest appearances Music videos As lead artist Notes References External links Official website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mane, Gucci Discographies of American artists Hip hop discographies Gucci Mane albums Gucci Mane songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belsize Park
Belsize Park is an affluent residential area of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden (the inner north-west of London), England. The residential streets are lined with mews houses and Georgian and Victorian villas. Some nearby localities are Hampstead village to the north and west, Camden Town to the south-east and Primrose Hill to the south. There are restaurants, pubs, cafés, and independent boutiques in Belsize Village, and on Haverstock Hill and England's Lane. Hampstead Heath is close by, and Primrose Hill park is a five-minute walk from England's Lane. Belsize Park is in the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency whose present MP is Tulip Siddiq. The headquarters of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts organisation is in Belsize Park. History The name is derived from French ''bel assis'' meaning 'well situated'. The area has many thoroughfares bearing its name: Belsize Avenue, Belsize Court, Belsize Crescent, Belsize Gardens, Belsize Grove, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pizza Express
PizzaExpress is a British multinational restaurant group, owned by a group of bondholders. It has over 470 restaurants across the United Kingdom and 100 overseas in Europe, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 1965 by Peter Boizot. In July 2020, the business was taken over by its bondholders under a debt-for-equity swap with previous owner Hony Capital. In November 2020, Hony Capital left the business and the group restructure was completed, helping to cut the casual dining chain's debt by more than £400 million. History Founded in 1965 by Peter Boizot, PizzaExpress opened its first restaurant in London's Wardour Street. Inspired by a trip to Italy, Boizot brought back to London a pizza oven from Naples and a chef from Sicily. It was announced in 2020 that the Wardour Street branch would shut, and the site has since closed. In 1969, jazz performances began at its Dean S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zizzi
Zizzi is a chain of Italian-inspired restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In February 2015, Bridgepoint Capital completed a £250 million acquisition of '' ASK Italian'' and ''Zizzi'', and subsequently bought by TowerBrook Capital Partners in 2020. Locations ''Zizzi'' opened their first restaurant in Chiswick in 1999. As of March 2022, the ''Zizzi'' portfolio includes about twenty five London restaurants. Other footprints in major cities, include: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and Sheffield. Their restaurant estate also includes: Aberdeen, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, and Glasgow. On 17 July 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Azzurri Group, owner of the ''Zizzi'' and '' ASK Italian'' chains, announced the closure of 75 restaurants with the loss of up to 1,200 jobs. Notable incidents Strand self-harm incident On 22 April 2007, a 35-year-old Polish man entered the ''Zizzi'' restaurant on The Strand and made his way into the kitchen, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gondola Group
Gondola Group was a chain restaurant operator in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It operated several casual dining brands: *Byron Hamburgers, sold to Hutton Collins for £100 million in October 2013. *Kettners, champagne bar and restaurant (one site in London), sold in 2013/2014. *PizzaExpress, sold to the China based private equity firm Hony Capital in July 2014 for £900 million ($1.54 billion). * ASK Italian and Zizzi, Italian food. Sold to Bridgepoint Capital Bridgepoint Group plc is a British private investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History Bridgepoint was founded as NatWest Equity Partners, a private equity firm part of NatWest. Th ... in February 2015 for £250 million. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dim Sum
Dim sum () is a large range of small Chinese dishes that are traditionally enjoyed in restaurants for brunch. Most modern dim sum dishes are commonly associated with Cantonese cuisine, although dim sum dishes also exist in other Chinese cuisines. In the tenth century, when the city of Canton (Guangzhou) began to experience an increase in commercial travel, many frequented teahouses for small-portion meals with tea called '' yum cha'', or "drink tea" meals. ''Yum cha'' includes two related concepts. The first is " jat zung loeng gin" (), which translates literally as "one cup, two pieces". This refers to the custom of serving teahouse customers two pieces of delicately made food items, savory or sweet, to complement their tea. The second is ''dim sum'' () and translates literally to "touching heart", the term used to designate the small food items that accompanied the tea drinking. Teahouse owners gradually added various snacks called "dim sum" to their offerings. The practice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ground Round
Ground Round Grill & Bar is an American casual dining restaurant that was founded in 1969 by Howard Johnson's. On January 17, 2010, Independent Owners Cooperative, LLC—a group originally formed of 30 franchisee owners, which is based in Freeport, Maine Freeport is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,737 at the 2020 census. Once home to a prominent shipbuilding industry, timber operations, and farming, it is now known for its numerous outlet stores; Freepor ...—became the owner of Ground Round. During the 1970s and 1980s, Ground Round was well known for its children's parties, showing silent movies and cartoons on a big screen, a mascot named Bingo the Clown and for passing out whole peanuts where consumers were not discouraged from dropping the shells on the floor. At its peak, the chain had over 200 restaurant locations The newest incarnation of Ground Round markets to families and also to the adult dining and cocktails crowd with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prezzo (restaurant)
Prezzo ("price" in Italian) is a restaurant chain serving mostly Italian cuisine in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The first restaurant opened on New Oxford Street, London in November 2000. there were more than 180 branches across the country, following many closures in 2018. It is part of Prezzo Holdings. The chain is currently owned by Cain International. History The first Prezzo restaurant was opened in central London by Jonathan Kaye, the company's chief executive, in 2000. there were more than 180 branches in the UK. Prezzo opened its first restaurant in Ireland in February 2016. Prezzo commonly converts old buildings of architectural value from their old purposes into Prezzo restaurants; examples include an old cinema in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The first owner of the Prezzo business was Jonathan Kaye In 2008 Jonathan hired cousins Adam Kaye and Samuel Kaye (sons of Philip Kaye) to join Prezzo plc's board of directors. Adam and Samuel founded Ask (res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
