ZUMA won four awards at the prestigious What’s On Awards in Dubai this week in the following categories:
Favourite Japanese Restaurant
Special Panellists’ Choice
General Managers’ Recommendation
Best Newcomer

The awards follow ZUMA’s win on 31 March, 2009 at the Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards 2009, where ZUMA was voted Best Japanese Restaurant.

ZUMA, which is located at The Gate Village in Dubai International Financial Centre, launched in Dubai on September 18, 2008.

 
About ZUMA

ZUMA was co-founded by Rainer Becker and the Waney family in 2002.  The first ZUMA restaurant to open was in London’s fashionable Knightsbridge area and remains the brand’s flagship.  All of ZUMA’s management and chefs are extensively trained in London before working in ZUMA’s international locations.  The Dubai venture is the most recent site to open in the Group’s expansion plan which will continue with new restaurants opening in some of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities over the next few years.

ZUMA Dubai’s local shareholders include Gulu Waney and his business partner Premal Shah.

Leading the ZUMA Dubai team are Elmar Pichorner as operations director and Colin Clague as executive chef.

For more information visit the ZUMA website: www.zumarestaurant.com
Media contacts:
Maha Obeid
The Portsmouth Group
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