The Bureau Dubai
In partnership with Imago Growth Accelerator and Aseel
F&B, The Bureau Dubai, aco-working space that provides support for
local startups and small businesses to start, manage and grow their
business hosted a unique workshop on how to a launch food truck business
in Dubai. They welcomed Tahir Shah of Moti Roti to give an insight into
his journey when launching his Pakistani street food truck with a
healthy twist. He gave an informative talk on his experience of running a
local food truck and working with the local municipalities to get the
approvals.
We have seen many pop-up events, markets and fairs in
Dubai over the past few years, add to this a flourishing outdoor scene
with many renovations on Jumeirah beach and other parks around town it
has provided an excellent landscape for food trucks to become a trendy
venture for the F&B sector.
Disha Pagarani of Aseel F&B added “Since food
trucks are a newer addition to the culinary scene of Dubai, there is a
good amount of room for newer concepts to prosper with different
cuisines and food types. We strongly believe that with food trucks in
Dubai, the trick is in getting the groundwork right. For instance, a
lot of aspiring food entrepreneurs that we have worked with, had no idea
on how to get the right kind of government approvals for health and
safety standards and to set a secure legal framework for their trucks.
The other issues they had was in sourcing the right locations to house
their trucks. (Food Trucks in Dubai are not allowed to move around. They
need to be placed at a pre-secured location). So the true strategy is
in laying the foundations right and planning diligently, as you would
with any other business.”
The workshop was part of a new initiative supported
by The Bureau Dubai and Aseel F&B called Imago which is the Middle
East’s first F&B accelerator program dedicated to growth stage food
and beverage companies. It will be the first in a series of workshops
aimed at attracting the local industry and the right candidates for
their program starting later this year.
Due to the huge sucess of the event, with more than 100
attendees, the family of companies have jointly released an infographic
related to the topic to further help the local F&B industry.
The Bureau Dubai is a coworking space
located in Souk al Bahar, Downtown Dubai who provide flexible ways for
entrepreneurs and small businesses start, manage and grow their business
in Dubai. They are creating a community of Entrepreneurs who are able
to support each other to grow their businesses faster than they would on
their own.
For more information please visit www.thebureaudubai.com and www.imago.ae or call 044272100