Curry Pizza Home Goals for 27 Places in Western U.S.

• A former truck driver, Gursewak Gill entered the Indian-style pizza enterprise in 2012, solely to see his first store burn to the bottom.
• After beginning anew, Gursewak and associate Romy Gill have grown Curry Pizza Home to fifteen shops, with one other dozen on the way in which.

You would possibly say Gursewak Gill was pushed to achieve the pizza restaurant enterprise. A local of Punjab, India, he moved to the U.S. in 1996 and paid his approach by means of school as a truck driver. He held onto that job for one more decade after graduating, all of the whereas plotting a profession as a restaurateur as he navigated the highways in his rig. By 2012, he’d saved sufficient cash to launch Bombay Pizza Home in Union Metropolis, California.

However the best-laid plans of truck drivers with enterprise levels can nonetheless go awry. Simply 10 months after opening, Bombay Pizza Home was destroyed by a hearth. Shaken however decided, Gursewak opened a brand new location the next 12 months together with his buddy, Gurmail “Romy” Gill (no relation), as a associate. They later gave the restaurant a brand new identify—Curry Pizza Home (CPH)—and a fast-growing pizza franchise idea was born.

Mixing the zesty flavors of Indian delicacies with basic pizza, CPH, headquartered in Fremont, California, at the moment has 15 areas in Northern California and Texas. It’s poised to broaden to 27 areas in these two states and Nevada, the corporate lately introduced.

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With CPH, Gursewak and Romy have developed a menu that includes pizzas, appetizers and sides with a enjoyable and distinctive Indian aptitude. The Curry Rooster Masala Pizza, for instance, melds curry sauce with gooey cheese and a smattering of greens, whereas the Palak Paneer Pizza ingeniously combines a flavorful pesto sauce with masala paneer, ginger and garlic.

Amongst different noteworthy variations on the menu: the Shahi Paneer Pizza with spiced creamy tomato shahi sauce; the Achari Gobhi Pizza with white garlic sauce; and the Aloo Chaat Pizza, with a home pink sauce and marinated potatoes.

For these craving one thing extra conventional, Meat Lovers, Hawaiian and Veggie pies are additionally provided. Pizzas may be ordered with both skinny or thick crust, together with gluten-free and cauliflower crust choices.

Curry Pizza Home additionally encompasses a distinctive tackle hen wings, marinating them in numerous curries, spices and sauces like tikka, achari, and tandoori. Salads, just like the Basic and Spicy Caesar Salad, and sides, like Baked Masala Chips, are additionally on order.

CPH eating places mirror a contemporary aesthetic, and every location is adorned with an attention grabbing mural that provides to the playful design. Lots of the eating places have TVs with prime viewing choices for sports activities followers. And company needing take-out and supply can discover these choices available on Curry Pizza Home’s web site or third-party supply platforms.

In 2019, one other Gill joined the CPH fold: Neelu Gill, who is said to neither of the house owners. Additionally a Punjab native, she immigrated to the U.S. as a toddler and later labored in human assets at corporations like Wave Techniques Company, Cisco and Plexus. At CPH, she began out managing the Dublin, California location after which took over the Cupertino, California retailer. She was quickly promoted to vice chairman of promoting and oversees the chain’s “Contemporary and Spicy” advertising and marketing technique and franchising.

The typical price to open a CPH retailer ranges between $200,000 and $600,000. The typical unit quantity for the highest 40% of CPH eating places tops $1.1 million yearly, the corporate says. Click on right here for extra particulars on franchising alternatives with Curry Pizza Home.