Aditya Wanwari, a young restaurateur and businessman from Mumbai, manages several eateries in the city. He had a successful DJ career before entering the hospitality industry. The F&B industry piqued his interest, and he chose to switch careers.
In 2022, Aditya opened a new outlet almost every month with Toast Inc. He says, “The food journey started 12 years ago but if you ask me, we switched gears only post lockdown. Our consultancy firm outdid itself in 2022.”
Aditya had set SOPs for every pre-opening and worked with vendors collaborating with the different restaurants. “The real mantra is, in the days we are not in the kitchen, we curate inspirational menus with cuisines tagged to them, presentation references and descriptions written in brief. We also heavily follow what’s in trend and keep up with everything that’s being discussed online in F&B and make a note for all. We make sure to travel 2-3 times a year to explore what’s new in the West.”
Some of the restaurants launched by Toast Inc with Curated Menus are the following:
Kyma, a pan-Asian eatery
Blabber All Day, a multicuisine family restaurant
London Taxi, a gastro pub
Cafe Corra, a boho coffee house
Balmy, a fun dining restaurant
Donna Deli (Owned by Aditya)
Kaffa Coffee Roasters, a cafe in Ahmedabad
London Yard Pizza, a pizza eatery with 100 outlets in Gujarat
Drifters, a brewery
Gobble Gobble, a healthy cafe
Demy (Owned by Aditya)
MovieTime Cinemas Cafe (a cinema chain whose cafe menu Toast Inc curated)
Baodim, Wok and Roll & Foodlez (pan-Asian delivery kitchens & FMCG brand owned)
In 2023, Aditya hopes to achieve bigger milestones.