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In an interview with London newspaper City AM, co-founder Will Beckett acknowledged the at gift 13-solid group hopes to rush from opening one or two eating locations a 365 days to between two and three.
The group has been growing often since the first Hawksmoor was launched on the Eastern edge of The City in 2006. In most fashionable years, it has opened round one restaurant per 365 days.
Beckett says that Hawksmoor is centered on the US – where it already has two eating locations in Unusual York and Chicago – but would now not rule out opening extra eating locations in the UK and exporting the logo to a host of international locations may perchance quiet the correct opportunities come up.
“The US is where the majority of our attention is,” he acknowledged.
In July, it was revealed that Hawksmoor had been put up for sale in a deal that would fee the restaurant chain at about £100m.
As first reported by the FT, investment bank Stephens has been employed to accelerate a sales job and begun speaking to doable customers.
London-based non-public equity agency Graphite Capital invested £35m for a stake in Hawksmoor in 2013, and has owned 51% of the commercial since then.
According to the FT, Beckett and fellow co-founder Huw Gott, who maintain a minority stake, will withhold their shareholding to continue to lead the firm following the sale.
Within the interview with City AM, Beckett confirmed that the approach of finding a suitable purchaser for the group was under formula but was “now not at fruition but”.
