Think like an investor before opening a restaurant

In this interview, Jennifer Pettinger, founder of the Global Restaurant Investment Forum, invites us to step beyond the local framework to understand how a HORECA business is evaluated today in the most competitive international markets. From Dubai, one of the world’s leading laboratories for restaurants and hospitality, we explore what investors look for, which models inspire confidence, which mistakes capital penalizes, and which attributes make a concept scalable, or not. A key conversation for operators who want to attract investment, expand internationally, or approach their business with a global mindset.