Just seen this post

After cooking curry for more years that have flown by - and soon to be cooking my last commercial curry - moving on to ventures new.

The profit margin's in any business always depends on how much you take out at the end of the night - staff - ingredients - etc.... I really have lost touch with the ingredients prices in the UK now.

What i will say that if you start a business from scratch - you have to put the hours in - so chefs do work long hours if they want to succeed !

Can you succeed - YES you just have to look at your market place - and get situated in a reasonably populated area.

However - look at supplying different market places shops deli's etc - I looked at opening a restaurant out here but decided on a different route - sell to supermarkets - has it been easy NO - rewarding Yes.
In 3 and a half years from selling to the first supermarket we now supplying the 4 biggest supermarket groups - supplying nearly 200 stores Nationwide. Have learnt everything about buyers - suppliers - packaging - distribution centers etc.....

The reward about working for yourself guys - We have built the house with pool on 1.2 acres and sold for quite a few naughts - which will help.

My last commercial curry will be coming out of the kitchen in a couple of months as we change over to the new chefs

There is a huge market place in Spain and France for bir in the right areas ( ex-pats) - which is a little nearer to the UK.

Many of you can cook - worth a try at something new ! The set up cost can be quite expensive - probably the main reason that no one gives it a shot - if you can get over the set up hurdle - you can make it !

best, Rich

Ha ha ha ha awesome mate - absolutely love it

I wonder if you had cooked it in the bag in the oven the plastic might have held it together

ha ha ha ha made my night - thanks for that great post

best, Rich

Not had one in ages
Chicken Tikka Jalfrezi

SS as far as taste mate - its OK taste wise - not sure what the real deal taste is back in Blighty been that long mate to be honest - I put in the post if anyone had any other spice recipe - but no one has come forward with one..
As it happens i making this again today for tonights salad - with the hot sauce and yogurt mint - salad - etc its great

The thing is with this - this is cooked through after you take it out of the can - so this aint raw meat -

It does make a decent amount to be honest - haven't frozen any yet but - had it on and off for a week - i like it

best, Rich

Fellas

The Whats for dinner thread I started was to encourage members to return to the site - its like shopping in a supermarket whilst you are in there you pick up on something else -

This is still the best forum on the net for bir curry info -

I did notice that most of the criticism on this thread appears to come from members with 2 or 5 posts - unfortunately if so called long term members had contributed to this site there would certainly be a lot more debate and conversations going on.

best, Rich