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Some of our dearest Dishoom-wallas recently celebrated the huge milestone of 10 years at Dishoom! It has been an incredible decade for us all and, as our co-founders Shamil and Kavi describe here, we are truly grateful to Piotr, Arun, Sapna, Rishi, Anand, Yashpal, Mobarak, Dede, Lakshaya and Salim.
This past month it has brought us so much joy to be able to take our wonderful Dishoom-wallas to India š®š³ for Bombay Bootcamp. This is the first time we have been able to take the team on this incredible trip since January 2020 āļø. Last week we took our first two groups consisting of 35 Dishoom-wallas in each group, with another four trips to go this year! This is one Dishoom-walla's view of our Bombay Bootcamp, which took place in February 2023. From pav bhaji on Chowpatty Beach to chicken berry pulao at Britannia, it was truly a once in a lifetime experience!
'If you will, let me take you back to the beginning of the story, to how 15 million meals came to be. Oddly enough, we have to give part of the credit for the inception of our āmeal for a mealā work to a nasty piece of bigoted hate mail that we received back at the end of 2014.' We've just reached the incredible milestone of donating 15 MILLION MEALS to school children here in the UK and India. We're so hugely proud of this and it's been such an amazing journey. Our co-founder Shamil Thakrar has been reflecting on the origins of our Meal For A Meal commitment and how it came to be. Please do have a read below
With January well and truly behind us, weāre looking forward to 2023 and canāt help but get a bit over-excited to share how we started the year with our Dishoom-wallas. Each year we close down all of our cafĆ©s, kitchens and all for two days to throw our UNMISSABLE CHRISTMAS PARTY! Itās our chance to bring the whole Dishoom family together and celebrate the incredible work everyone does. This year saw our biggest party yet! With live entertainment, games and food galore. We had such an awesome time that we really can't wait until summer rolls around for our one-of-a-kind Dishoom Family Mela! To join the family and the party, check out the link below! dishoom.com/careers/
2022 was a big year for Dishoom! Thanks to all our awesome team for being such superstars, and thanks to you dear guests, for breathing life into what we do. Here's a little look at what we got up to.
At the end of 2022, we officially opened our newest cafe, Dishoom Canary Wharf, London! If you're interested in a role with us at any of our locations, check out our website for current opportunities. https://www.dishoom.com/careers/
Back in September, our friend and Mental Health CHAMPION (consultant) Stu Skinner was at Babu House, ensuring all of our Babus (managers), both in our Front of House and Kitchen Teams are well coursed in Mental Health First Aid. Stu has worked closely with us at Dishoom for over four years now and trained over 150 Babus so they can spot the signs of poor mental health, know how to approach people experiencing difficulties and manage these conversations. The work that he does with our team is amazing, and we truly couldnāt be more thankful to him.
We won the Health & Wellbeing Award and the Learning & Development Award, and we were the overall winner of the evening. We couldnāt be more honoured! A huge, heartfelt thanks to the first-class team who make Dishoom such a wonderful place to work.
As we immerse ourselves well and truly in Autumn, we can't help but pause and take one last look at our MOST FAVOURITE part of Summer. Each year we close down all Dishoom operations to throw the UNMISSABLE, DISHOOM FAMILY MELA! It's our chance to bring us all together and celebrate the incredible work everyone does. This year the Family Mela was BIGGER and BETTER than ever, with over 2000+ Dishoom-wallas and their families enjoying everything we love. From fairground rides, much-deserved pampering, kids' areas, tasty food and drinks, and draw-dropping live performances. Now with only 3 months to go until our totally awesome end-of-year party, it's your chance to make sure you don't miss out and join the team today! dishoom.com/careers/
At Dishoom, we look after one another like family and value the importance of looking after our team's mental wellbeing. Ensuring we all have the tools we need to live our happiest, healthiest, best life. With this in mind, Mental Health Awareness Week this year is raising awareness around the impact of loneliness on our mental health and the practical steps we can take to address it. For us it's so important that we create an environment which welcomes closeness and nourishes our relationships. This is why all our Babus are fully trained in mental health first aid. Meaning they can spot the signs of mental health issues, know how to approach people experiencing difficulties and handle these conversations with care. We also have Here to Help - a direct line to the senior team which is open to all. And now, we are thrilled to introduce the Calm app as our newest team benefit. Calm is an absolutely incredible platform offering a diverse library of content, from guided meditations and specialised music playlists and much more!
