For any of you in the food business, you will know that your kitchen is the heart of your business. I’ve recently found out I need a heart transplant i.e. my current landlord has served me notice and need a new kitchen asap.
From Sulekha to Quikr to Facebook to all contacting all sorts of shady brokers, from January onwards, I’ve tried it all and come up against a dead end. I am now racing against a timeline and if I don’t find a kitchen soon Bawi Bride may just have to temporarily close operations. Given I’ve grown this heart of mine with much struggle over the past 2.5 years I’d hate to see this happen and hence thought of reaching out to you all.
Here is what I require:
- Commercial Space (preferably ground or at the very max 1st floor)
- Two exits so that we get a fire license
- A premise that is situated in a legal structure with proper blueprints in place
- Reliable water supply
- In-house toilets
- 24 hour electricity
- Safe neighbourhood as I have an all female staff
- Close to a train station
- Rent of between 35,000 – 60,000 per month
- Approximately 400 – 700 carpet area
Much like a heart transplant there is a lot of criteria to meet and so I’ve decided I am open to exploring all locations between Worli – Andheri so long as its easily approachable on the Western Line.
My heart collapses on 15th April and I need something sorted by then. So if you know a space, a great broker, or you own a space yourself and can give us a small corner then I’d love to get in touch. I am reachable in the comments below or on 9819285720. Look forward to some TRH magic!
Alok Rodinhood Kejriwal
oh man…
asha chaudhry
hey perz, any luck?
Amit Shroff
Just 1 week left? Did any magic happened!
Perzen Darukhanawalla
Firstly, thank you all for those who came forward to help.
Just as an update, in the midst of all this we found out some very happy news on the personal front. However, this requires me to take things easy for a bit so I’ve decide to move back into my home kitchen and operate from there for now. I was open to having a smaller space closer to home but the rents in Mumbai city for a decent kitchen space that is also safe for women to work out of are obnoxious so it makes sense to just take a step back for now and then look for a space in a few months once we re-jig our business model a bit. After much contemplation, it seems like the transplant wasn’t for a heart after all but just a tiny body part 😛 . Bawi Bride Kitchen will still very much be operational but just on a slightly smaller scale, that’s all.
Thanks once again and I hope you all will order some Dhansak from us very soon.
asha chaudhry
many congrats perz! i think your home kitchen makes perfect sense right now. here’s to your dhansak and all things good in your life. will meet you when i’m in mumbai next for sure!! ALL THE BEST!