Company Intelligence Profile
Thea Kitchen Private Limited
Thea Kitchen Private Limited operates the "Biryani Blues" restaurant/QSR chain, an award-tagged brand specialising in Hyderabadi-style biryani, kebabs, starters and desserts, positioned around "authentic taste, quality, hygiene and convenience" [biryaniblues.com].
Last updated 17 August 2026
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Company Identity
Confirmed| Registered name | Thea Kitchen Private Limited |
|---|---|
| CIN | U74999HR2011PTC041820 |
| PAN | Not available in the public sources reviewed. |
| Status | Active (Private Limited Company), compliance status "Active Compliant" per TheCompanyCheck (as of 21 May 2026 update) |
| Listing | Not listed — unlisted private limited company |
| Incorporated | 06 January 2011 |
| ROC | Registrar of Companies, Delhi |
| Sector (NIC) | Travel & Hospitality — Restaurants & Dining Services; activity code referenced as "I2" (Food and beverage service activities) |
| Registered address | Plot No. 25, Sector 33, Near Infocity-2, Gurugram – 122001, Haryana, India |
| Authorized capital | ₹6.98 lakh (~₹7.0 lakh) |
| Paid-up capital | ₹3.25 lakh (~₹3.2 lakh) |
Business Overview
Partial / conflicting- Thea Kitchen Private Limited operates the "Biryani Blues" restaurant/QSR chain, an award-tagged brand specialising in Hyderabadi-style biryani, kebabs, starters and desserts, positioned around "authentic taste, quality, hygiene and convenience" [biryaniblues.com]
- The brand operates via dine-in, delivery, outdoor catering, and its own ordering app (Android/iOS) plus a hosted ordering microsite on the DotPe platform
- Confirmed FY2025 revenue of ~₹83.5 crore and an EPFO-reported headcount of 469 (Mar 2024) indicate a mid-sized, multi-outlet QSR operation rather than a single restaurant
- Source note: company website content did not explicitly disclose city count or outlet count
Directors
ConfirmedConfirmed by 2 sources (Tofler DIN list + TheCompanyCheck appointment dates, cross-referenced):
| Name | DIN | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Andrews | 03217140 | Managing Director & Shareholder | 21 Apr 2015 |
| Aparna Upender Andrews | 03232498 | Whole-time Director & Shareholder | 06 Jan 2011 |
| Chinnappa Anthony Andrews | 06575228 | Director & Shareholder | 10 May 2013 |
| Arvind Cherambath Nair | 01794814 | Nominee Director | 13 Aug 2015 |
| Ravi Vijaykumar Golani | 09610470 | Additional Director | 16 Jul 2025 |
| Pranav Gupta | - | Nominee Director | 24 May 2025 |
Financials
Partial / conflicting| FY2025 (year ended 31 Mar 2025) Revenue | ₹83.48 crore, +9% YoY |
|---|---|
| EBITDA | Tofler shows a 194.64% YoY increase (absolute value locked/Pro-only on both sources) |
| PAT / Net Profit | not obtained (locked) |
| Net worth | not obtained (locked) |
| Borrowings | Tofler shows a 44.99% YoY increase |
| Basis | standalone (no group/consolidated financials found) |
| Auditor | Walker Chandiok & Co LLP (FY2023) |
Funding
Partial / conflicting- No confirmed equity funding round could be identified from the permitted sources (Entrackr search and VCCircle were checked; no Biryani Blues/Thea Kitchen articles found)
- However, registered charge filings (see "charges" below) show secured debt raised via debenture trustees Orbis Trusteeship Services Pvt Ltd (₹7 cr, Oct 2021; ₹2.5 cr, Mar 2023) and Catalyst Trusteeship Ltd (₹9 cr, Jan 2021) — structures typically used for NCD/venture-debt instruments — indicating the company has raised institutional debt financing, likely alongside/adjacent to an equity round, but no equity investor names or amounts could be confirmed
- The nominee directors (Arvind Cherambath Nair, Pranav Gupta) and shared directorships with Carpediem Advisors Pvt Ltd / Carpediem Capital LLP point to Carpediem Capital as a likely institutional investor, but this is inferential (directorship-overlap evidence only) and not confirmed by a funding-announcement source — reported here as "partial/unconfirmed," not fact
Charges & Loans
ConfirmedConfirmed — 10 registered charge entries, ₹21 crore open / ₹10.5 crore satisfied per TheCompanyCheck's summary total of ₹21 cr open, 17 total charge records on file:
| Lender | Amount | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orbis Trusteeship Services Pvt Ltd | ₹7.0 cr | 22 Oct 2021 | Open |
| Orbis Trusteeship Services Pvt Ltd | ₹2.5 cr | 31 Mar 2023 | Open |
| Catalyst Trusteeship Ltd | ₹9.0 cr | 13 Jan 2021 | Open |
| BIFCO Leasing and Finance Pvt Ltd | ₹0.5 cr | 03 Oct 2023 | Open |
| BIFCO Leasing and Finance Pvt Ltd | ₹0.2 cr | 27 Mar 2024 | Open |
| BIFCO Leasing and Finance Pvt Ltd | ₹0.5 cr | 04 Nov 2024 | Open |
| BIFCO Leasing and Finance Pvt Ltd | ₹0.4 cr | 22 Apr 2025 | Open |
| HDFC Bank Ltd | ₹0.6 cr | 08 Nov 2024 | Open |
| APAC Financial Services Pvt Ltd | ₹0.2 cr | 11 Feb 2020 | Open |
| APAC Financial Services Pvt Ltd | ₹0.1 cr | 27 Nov 2020 | Open |
Minor figure discrepancy on the HDFC Bank charge amount (₹0.6 cr vs ₹0.55 cr) between Tofler and TheCompanyCheck is flagged, not resolved.
Legal / Litigation
Confirmed- "Nagendra Singh & Anr vs. Food Safety Officer," Delhi District Court, judgment dated 17 April 2023
- Involves Thea Kitchen Private Limited's outlet at Plot No. 25, Sector-33, Near Infocity-2, Gurugram, in a Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 summoning-order matter (address matches the company's registered office)
- No cases were found specifically under the "Biryani Blues" name
Competitors
Partial / conflictingRough peer set in the organised biryani/QSR-chain space (named for category reference; scale tags are approximate and not sourced to audited filings):
- Behrouz Biryani (Rebel Foods cloud-kitchen brand) — larger multi-city cloud-kitchen scale
- Biryani By Kilo — comparable mid-size multi-city chain, premium/family-style positioning
- Paradise Biryani (Paradise Food Court) — larger, longer-established Hyderabad-origin chain
- Ammi's Biryani — smaller/regional chain, similar Delhi-NCR/Hyderabadi-style positioning
- Meghana Foods — larger South-India-origin biryani chain
- Lucknowi/Nawabi-style regional biryani chains (various local operators) — typically smaller, single-city players
scale comparisons are directional/qualitative; no verified revenue figures were sourced for peers in this pass.
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