Sushi & More promotes Kishor Arjun Arde to head chef and director

Sushi & More has elevated Kishor Arjun Arde, who joined in 2010, to head chef and director. He will support new-location expansion, oversee multiple kitchens, standardise operations and develop chef training programmes over the next five years.

— Source published Mon, 17 Aug, 2026, 17:00 IST · First seen Mon, 17 Aug, 2026, 19:23 IST · Source ET Hospitality

What happened

Sushi & More promoted Kishor Arjun Arde from junior-chef career progression to head chef and director. He plans to support expansion into new locations, oversee

Key facts

  • More than 15 years of culinary experience
  • With Sushi & More since 2010
  • Visited Japan in 2012
  • Next five years

Why this matters

A strengthened chef-led operating structure could make Sushi & More a more credible expansion, partnership or roll-up candidate in food service.

What to watch

  • Announcements of new site openings, target geographies or signed lease activity.
  • Chef academy, apprenticeship, recruitment or internal promotion initiatives.
  • Evidence of central kitchen, procurement, delivery-platform or supplier partnerships.
  • Menu simplification, seasonal product development or standardised limited-time offers.
  • Rising customer-review consistency across locations and improvement in food-cost or labour-cost indicators.
  • Additional senior operations, property or finance hires that signal a formal expansion programme.
  • Create standard operating procedures, recipe specifications and kitchen audit routines across existing sites.
  • Launch a chef training and internal promotion pipeline to reduce dependence on external specialist hiring.
  • Appoint site-level kitchen leads and introduce central reporting on food cost, waste, labour and quality incidents.
  • Assess centralised procurement, commissary preparation or supplier consolidation as store count grows.
  • Use the strengthened culinary leadership team to support landlord, franchise, partnership or investment discussions for new locations.