From Street Food Store to Multi-A...
From Street Food Store to Multi-Award Winning Restaurant - Saran Raj
The Business Growth Show by Adam Prosser, Jon Redding
S2 · E20
Jun 22, 2026
38:21
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In this episode, we sit down with Saran from Katana Restaurant in Peterborough to explore the story behind one of the city’s most distinctive dining destinations. With a family history in food spanning more than 50 years, Saran brings together deep hospitality experience, international training and a genuine passion for creating memorable restaurant experiences. From working in restaurants and hotels across France, Italy, the United States, New Delhi, New York and Mayfair, to helping shape Katana’s Indian and Japanese dining concept in Peterborough, this conversation gives a fascinating look into what it really takes to build a restaurant with ambition, standards and soul. Katana is not just another restaurant. It is a 200 cover venue offering Indian cuisine, Japanese teppanyaki, sushi, cocktails, Sunday roasts, private dining, group menus, liv ... 

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