# Moshe's

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{{About|the restaurant in India|the restaurant in Canada|Moishe's|other Moshe|Moses (given name)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
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| foundation       = [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai), [Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra), India ({{Start date|df=yes|2004}})
| founder          = Moshe Shek
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| location_city    = Mumbai, Maharashtra
| location_country = India
| locations        = 13 outlets (April 2014)
| area_served      = [Mumbai Metropolitan Region](/source/Mumbai_Metropolitan_Region)
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'''Moshe's''' is an Indian [chain of restaurants](/source/restaurant_chain) and [café](/source/caf%C3%A9)s specializing in [Mediterranean cuisine](/source/Mediterranean_cuisine).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/01/22/stories/2005012202420300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227100751/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/01/22/stories/2005012202420300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-12-27 |title=Metro Plus Delhi / Eating Out : Happy Birthday |date=2005-01-22 |newspaper=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu) |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref> Indian hospitality business magazine ''Express Hotelier & Caterer'' describes the cuisine as "Mediterranean fare with a bent on [Turkish](/source/Turkish_cuisine), [Moroccan](/source/Moroccan_cuisine), [Israeli](/source/Israeli_cuisine) and [Italian](/source/Italian_cuisine) paired exclusively with [wine](/source/wine)s".<ref name="financialexpress1">{{cite web|author=Bhisham Mansukhani |url=http://hospitality.financialexpress.com/20040112/foodbeverage01.shtml |title=Moshe Brand To Front Shek's Third Coming |publisher=Hospitality.financialexpress.com |date=2004-01-12 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref> Moshe's makes its own bread and dessert items. The cafés are branded '''Cafe Moshé's''' and the restaurants are branded '''Moshe's'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mumbaiboss.com/2011/05/20/moshes-will-open-at-palladium/ |title=Moshe's Will Open At Palladium |publisher=Mumbai Boss |date=2011-05-20 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref>

The initial restaurants were opened and operated wholly by signature chef and founder Moshe Shek. In February 2013, Shek sold a 90% interest in the company to Prakash Shetty of [Bangalore](/source/Bangalore).<ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite news|author=Biswarup Gooptu |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-02-18/news/37160287_1_new-silk-route-private-equity-vasudev-adiga |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221130429/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-02-18/news/37160287_1_new-silk-route-private-equity-vasudev-adiga |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 February 2013 |title=Hotelier Prakash Shetty set to buy majority stake in Moshe's |newspaper=[The Economic Times](/source/The_Economic_Times) |date=2013-02-18 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref> Private equity firm [New Silk Route](/source/New_Silk_Route) acquired a majority stake in the company in September 2013 for an undisclosed amount.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Balakrishnan |first1=Reghu |title=New chapter for Rajat Gupta, but fund he founded still struggles |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/xEmvehsHZBwRUTIewdcyOK/New-Silk-Route-remains-focussed-on-exits.html |website=mint |access-date=15 May 2023 |language=en |date=15 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New Silk Route acquires majority stake in Mumbai-based cafe chain Moshe's |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/new-silk-route-acquires-majority-stake-i-idINDEE99807M20131009 |website=Reuters |access-date=15 May 2023 |language=en |date=9 October 2013}}</ref>

==History==
Moshe's was founded by Moshe Shek, an [Indian Jew](/source/Indian_Jew) who was born and raised in [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Business-biggies-in-race-for-Mumbai-chain-Moshes/articleshow/17071004.cms |title=Business biggies in race for Mumbai chain Moshe's |newspaper=[The Times of India](/source/The_Times_of_India) |date=2012-11-03 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref> Shek visited [Israel](/source/Israel) in 1988<ref>{{cite web|author=Roxanne Kavarana |url=http://moshes.in/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/salam-mumbai.jpg |title=Shalom Mumbai |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref> for a one-month group trip, during which he worked in a ''[Kibbutz](/source/Kibbutz)'' (a type of collective community in Israel). He later completed training courses at [Sophia Polytechnic](/source/Sophia_Polytechnic) and at Richmont, [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland). He opened Caterbility, a catering company, in 1992, his first business venture in India. He visited Israel again in 1995.<ref name="pqarchiver2005">{{cite web|author=Aimee Ginsburg |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jrep/access/945029691.html?dids=945029691:945029691&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+09%2C+2005&author=Aimee+Ginsburg&pub=The+Jerusalem+Report&desc=Passa |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630042607/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jrep/access/945029691.html?dids=945029691:945029691&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+09,+2005&author=Aimee+Ginsburg&pub=The+Jerusalem+Report&desc=Passa |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2013 |title=Passage to India |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=2005-01-09 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref> He returned to India in 1999, when he opened "Athena", a combination restaurant and lounge<ref name="pqarchiver2005"/><ref name="moshes1">{{cite journal|author=Shinibali Mitra |url=http://moshes.in/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/march2008pg431.jpg |title=What's Cooking? |publisher=Mumbai Touchdown |date=March 2008 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref> financed by [Chateau Indage](/source/Chateau_Indage). He worked there for a year and a half. Shek claims to have "introduced the trend of having a restaurant and lounge under the same roof and a separate members' lounge".<ref name="financialexpress1"/>

Shek teamed up with restaurateur Farhan Azmi to open "Cafe Basilico" in 2001, where he worked for approximately a year. In 2003, Shek finally opened his own restaurant in [New Delhi](/source/New_Delhi), called "Moshe's Oliva", without any promoter or associate.<ref name="moshes1"/> It was the first stand alone restaurant in Delhi to be named after a chef.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Anoothi Vishal |url=http://moshes.in/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nov2003pg24.jpg |title=Personality On A Platter |publisher=Routes:The Gateway Magazine |date=November 2003 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref> Shek described the decision to go at it alone saying, "Having worked with promoters, I know now that henceforth I would rather not and do my own thing".<ref name="financialexpress1"/>

Within 6 months of opening "Moshe's Oliva" in [New Delhi](/source/New_Delhi), two Moshe's branded outlets were opened in [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai). The first was opened in [Cuffe Parade](/source/Cuffe_Parade) in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|author=Devendra Das |url=http://mumbaiboss.com/2010/08/30/mumbais-most-overrated-restaurants/ |title=Mumbai's Most Overrated Restaurants |publisher=Mumbai Boss |date=2010-08-30 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref> It was located in a 1,600 square feet converted [bungalow](/source/bungalow).<ref name="financialexpress1"/><ref>{{cite web|author=Purva Mehra |url=http://mumbaiboss.com/2010/10/15/restaurant-review-moshes/ |title=Restaurant Review: Moshe's |publisher=Mumbai Boss |date=2010-10-15 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref> The next outlet opened at [Bombay Gymkhana](/source/Bombay_Gymkhana). The chain expanded further in Mumbai by opening outlets at [Crossword Bookstores](/source/Crossword_Bookstores) at [Kemps Corner](/source/Kemps_Corner), as well as restaurants in [Fort](/source/Fort_(Mumbai_precinct)) and [Colaba](/source/Colaba).

The company launched Moshe's Bakery Café at the [Gateway of India](/source/Gateway_of_India) in [South Mumbai](/source/South_Mumbai) in January 2009. The café offers [sandwich](/source/sandwich)es, [delicatessen](/source/delicatessen) [cheese](/source/cheese), [dessert](/source/dessert)s and other [take away](/source/Take-out) products as well as short-order meal options.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dheera Majumder |url=http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=5660&sid=23 |title=Moshe's to expand with new outlets in Mumbai |publisher=Hospitality Biz India |date=2009-07-25 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref> The fifth Moshe's outlet opened in [Palladium Mall](/source/High_Street_Phoenix), [Lower Parel](/source/Lower_Parel) on 1 August 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mumbaiboss.com/2011/08/10/olive-bar-kitchen-in-khar-has-a-new-menu/ |title=Olive Has A New Menu; Kittichai Is Back at Koh |publisher=Mumbai Boss |date=2011-08-10 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref> In February 2013, Shek sold a 90% interest in the company to Prakash Shetty of [Bangalore](/source/Bangalore).<ref name="indiatimes1"/>

==Cuisine and decor==
Moshe's cuisine mainly specializes in [Mediterranean food](/source/Mediterranean_cuisine).<ref name="moshes1"/> Moshe's also serves food from [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_cuisine), [Greek](/source/Greek_cuisine), [North African](/source/North_African_cuisine) and [Middle Eastern](/source/Middle_Eastern_cuisine) cuisines.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://moshes.in/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/22july2003.jpg |title=A Mediterranean Touch! |date=2003-07-22 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref> Items available on the menu are frequently rotated.<ref name="moshes1"/>

[Milk and meat are completely separated](/source/Milk_and_meat_in_Jewish_law) in the kitchens of Moshe's outlets, in keeping with [''Jewish law''](/source/Halakha). However, Moshe Shek is not an observant Jew, and the food is not otherwise [kosher](/source/kosher).<ref name="pqarchiver2005"/>

Shek worked closely with architect Ajit Shilpi, who helped design Moshe's outlets. Shek describes the brand: "Moshe's is an [up-market](/source/up-market) dining destination without being prissy. The tabs are reasonable and the ambience, homely. The high ceiling, dark wooden flooring, [patio](/source/patio) and garden seating give that away."<ref name="financialexpress1"/>

==Catering==
Moshe's sells prepared food to [Westside](/source/Trent_(Westside)), a [department store chain](/source/Department_store) owned by the [Tata Group](/source/Tata_Group).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mumbaiboss.com/2011/04/14/westside-introduces-a-new-gourmet-foods-division/ |title=Westside Introduces A New Gourmet Foods Division |publisher=Mumbai Boss |date=2011-04-14 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/story.html?sid=30199_Westside+gets+into+gourmet+retailing |title=Westside gets into gourmet retailing |publisher=Afaqs.com |date=2011-04-08 |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref>

==Locations==
There are currently 13 Moshe's outlets, all located in the [Mumbai Metropolitan Region](/source/Mumbai_Metropolitan_Region).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://moshes.in/cafes/ |title=Cafes & Restaurants |publisher=Moshes.in |access-date=2013-06-03}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Restaurant chains in India
Category:Restaurants in Mumbai
Category:Restaurants established in 2004
Category:Catering and food service companies of India
Category:Sophia Polytechnic alumni
Category:2004 establishments in Maharashtra

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