Mowgli Street Food
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| Industry | Casual dining |
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| Genre | Indian cuisine |
| Founded | 2014 in Liverpool, England |
| Founder | Nisha Katona |
| Headquarters | , England |
Number of locations | 27[1] (2025) |
| Revenue |  £40.4 million[2] (2024) |
| £512,000[2] (2024) | |
| Owner |
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Number of employees | 833[2] (2024) |
| Website | www |
Mowgli Street Food is a restaurant chain in the United Kingdom that serves Indian cuisine. It was established in Liverpool in 2014 by Nisha Katona, a former barrister. As of 2025[update], it has 27 branches. Through the Mowgli Trust the company and its employees have raised £2.7 million to charities as of March 2026[update].
History
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Mowgli Street Food was founded in 2014 by former barrister and YouTube cook Nisha Katona.[4] She opened the first restaurant on 23 October 2014 in Bold Street, Liverpool.[5]
Katona chose to focus on home-cooked Indian cuisine rather than the traditional Anglo-Indian cuisine served in most Indian restaurants in the UK.[4] In 2018, she published a book Mowgli Street Food: Stories and recipes from the Mowgli Street Food restaurants,[6] which was followed in 2021 by 30 Minute Mowgli: Fast Easy Indian from the Mowgli Home Kitchen.[7]
By 2019, Mowgli Street Food had seven restaurants and a turnover of £10 million.[4] In 2021, with 12 restaurants across the north of England, the first London restaurant opened in Fitzrovia.[8]
In 2023, when the chain had expanded to 15 restaurants, private equity firm TriSpan acquired a stake in the company.[9][10] TriSpan owns part of Vietnamese restaurant chain Pho, and Rosa's Thai Cafe,[9] as part of its Arcturus Group. TriSpan also acquired the share owned by Foresight Group, who had invested in the business in 2017 when it had three restaurants.[2][11]
In 2023, the company made a loss of £476,000 on sales of £30.8 million.[2] In 2024, it returned a profit of £512,000 on sales of £40.4 million, with 833 employees.[2]
As of September 2025[update], there are 27 Mowgli Street Food restaurants.[1]
Mowgli Trust
[edit]Mowgli Street Food and its employees raise money for health and education charities through the Mowgli Trust.[5] As of March 2026[update], the trust had donated £2.7 million to various charities, including over £325,000 to Claire House Children's Hospice in the charity's home city of Liverpool.[12]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Shaw, Neil (29 September 2025). "Mowgli restaurants launch their new autumn menu". Wales Online. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Robinson, Jon (1 May 2025). "Mowgli Street Food returns to profit as it creates over 100 jobs". City AM. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ Gregory, Rhys (29 July 2019). "First look inside Indian street food sensation Mowgli in Cardiff". Wales Online. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 Sabherwal, Gaggan (8 April 2019). "'Why I quit as a barrister to follow my dream job'". BBC News. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- 1 2 McGrath, Rebecca (24 October 2024). "Mowgli Street Food raises £2 million for charity". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ Katona, Nisha (19 April 2018). Mowgli Street Food: Stories and recipes from the Mowgli Street Food restaurants. Nourish Books. ISBN 978-1848993266.
- ↑ Katona, Nisha (9 November 2021). 30 Minute Mowgli: Fast Easy Indian from the Mowgli Home Kitchen. Nourish Books. ISBN 978-1848994003.
- ↑ Witts, Sophie (5 August 2021). "Mowgli to open its first London restaurant this year". The Caterer. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- 1 2 "TriSpan acquires stake in Mowgli Opens in new window". Restaurant. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "Private equity payday for Mowgli Street Food boss Nisha Katona". Business Matters Magazine. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ "Foresight successfully exits Mowgli, having supported the Company's growth from three to fifteen restaurants and its establishment as one of the UK's leading Indian restaurant brands". Foresight Group. January 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
- ↑ Riad Ibrahim, Anasimone; Rees, Hannah (9 March 2026). "Mowgli owner says 'competition keeps you sharp' as Dishoom arrives in Liverpool". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
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