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EPISODE · Oct 24, 2025 · 24 MIN

Rebel Foods’ chief on Building Brands, Tech, and an IPO on the Horizon

from The Morning Brief · host The Economic Times

Rebel Foods disrupted India’s dining landscape by proving that you don’t need high streets to build high-value brands. From Faasos and Behrouz Biryani to Oven Story and Sweet Truth, it runs 20-plus brands across 10 countries — all powered by tech, not tables. In this episode of The Morning Brief, Co-founder and Group CEO Jaydeep Barman tells Anirban Chowdhury how the company transformed kitchens into a scalable platform for global restaurant brands.He opens up on the company’s origin story, its no-CV culture, cold-emailing Sequoia for funding, using data and automation in every kitchen, and why slow scaling beats fast burnout.Listen in: You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his social media: Twitter and LinkedinListen to Corner Office Conversation our new show:: Corner Office Conversation with Pawan Goenka, Chairman, IN-SPACe, Corner Office Conversation with The New Leaders of Indian Pharma and much more. Check out other interesting episodes from the host like: Why Is India Still Buying Russian Oil?, How AI is Rewriting Cinema Part 2, Trump vs Harvard: India Impact, Of Dragons and Elephants: Modi–Xi in Focus and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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