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Starting a restaurant
Delhi dropped the police eating house licence and turned the MCD health licence into a deemed one. Here is what a new restaurant still needs, and in what order.
Starting a restaurant
Mumbai's approval list changed little while Delhi's shrank, and food safety inspections tightened in 2026. Here is what a new restaurant needs and in what order.
Starting a restaurant
After the Arpora fire, every Goa approval is read more closely. Here is what a new restaurant needs, from panchayat to pollution board, and how to plan for the season.
People & careers
Techniques are ways of controlling size, heat, water, fat and time. Here are the essentials, from knife cuts to tadka, and how a kitchen should teach them.
Starting a restaurant
Your opening date is set by the slowest approval, not by the length of your to-do list. Here is a 90-day, week-by-week checklist built backwards from the tasks that cannot be rushed.
Operations & service
A kitchen plan works best as a map of paths rather than a drawing of equipment. Trace four of them, count where they cross, and find your layout problems before you build.
Property, design & sourcing
Commercial kitchen requirements differ by country and council. Here is a checklist of what to ask authorities and engineers, and the order to ask it in.
