A restaurant chain founded by three New Zealanders is turning into one of Britain’s most successful new food businesses - a year after the Kiwis sold out for £10 million ($25.7 million).
Under new owners Clapham House Group, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, based on “relaxed Kiwi-style dining”, is being rolled out across London and Britain at a breakneck pace. Clapham House, an umbrella company for restaurant chains, has ambitions to turn GBK, as it is popularly known, into the leading up-market burger eatery in Britain.
GBK was established six years ago by Greg Driscoll, Brandon Allen and Adam Wills, all of whom went through school and university together in New Zealand.
Since buying the company outright from the trio, Clapham House has rapidly increased the number of outlets. In April, it opened two more in London and will this year expand into Scotland.
Clapham House is so impressed by the brand’s potential that it is looking for 100 more sites across Britain.
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