A luxury Dubai restaurant chain with plans to expand in the UK is eyeing a London listing. Fundamental Hospitality, founded by chairman Evgeny Kuzin, is in the early stages of gearing up to go public. It owns celeb haunt Gaia in Mayfair and will open Chinese restaurant Shanghai Me on the 28th floor of the London Hilton hotel in Park Lane this year. Kuzin said he was looking at listing in Dubai or Abu Dhabi, but had not ruled out London or New York, in the next three to five years.
Celeb haunt: Evgeny Kuzin with supermodel Naomi Campbell at Gaia in Mayfair. The Russian-born restaurateur is expanding the chain, which he founded in Dubai in 2011 after a brief stint running nightclubs. It aims to go from 26 to 100 restaurants by the end of the decade. Recent openings in Dubai include Italian-American themed Adaline, open-fire cooking brand Ina and beach club concept Sirene by Gaia.
