“Biryani By Kilo has mastered the art of delivering steaming hot, flavourful dum fresh Biryanis at people’s doorstep, by cooking it in the traditional and most authentic way.” - Mr. Kaushik Roy, Founder and CEO, Biryani By Kilo.
Biryani By Kilo, which kick-started as a single delivery-only kitchen in 2015 in Gurugram, near Delhi, India, is now seeing its aromas lingering across the length and breadth of the country with a strong network of 60 outlets spread across 26 cities. The secret recipe to the brand’s monumental success, in the words of Mr. Kaushik Roy, Founder & CEO, remains the concept – bringing the age-old royal biryani experience right at the doorstep of the guest’s residence.
After spending nearly 25 years in the corporate F&B space, Mr. Roy decided to throw his hat in the ring to revolutionize how biryani was served. In 2015, the traditional dish biryani as a concept was highly unorganized. It was majorly seen being prepared in bulk and served loose in plastic containers. Convinced with the traditional dum-cooked biryani in earthen pots, Mr. Roy resurrected the forgotten Biryani experience with Biryani by Kilo.
At that time, ‘cloud kitchen’ as a concept was non-existent in India; foodservice aggregators were just testing their delivery model across the country. Making everything from scratch, Biryani By Kilo created an in-house built food ordering app and also had its own delivery fleet. Today, apart from the cloud kitchens, the brand has at least one dine-in outlet in each of the cities where they operate to showcase their royal dine-in experience. Backed by investors, the brand is poised to go international.
Biryani By Kilo initially believed in maintaining the traditional essence throughout. Traditional cooking equipment were hence installed. But, as the brand tasted success, to scale per the demand, technological assistance in the kitchens had to be plugged in. The brand made a move to install RATIONAL iCombi Pro which took over the traditional equipment.
Safety of the kitchen staff had been one of the key operational concerns for the brand given that the traditional earthen oven and use of charcoal rose the kitchen temperatures exorbitantly and also exposed the staff to smoke emitted as process of cooking in this traditional set up. With the installation of RATIONAL cooking systems, that box was ticked. This move not only guaranteed their safety but also increased the kitchen staff’s performance at work.
“Technology had already moved a long way in food service and we sensed the need of it to make our offerings more consistent as we expanded. RATIONAL cooking systems have resolved several of our kitchen challenges and offered us solution in the form of compliant kitchen operations, minimal staff training requirement, optimizing costs, offering consistent end product, and demanding minimal human intervention,” voices Mr. Ritesh Kumar Sinha, COO at Biryani By Kilo.
