Well done: the Indian vegetarian selling steaks in Hong Kong
Sandeep Sekhri came to Hong Kong as a young immigrant from India, opened his first eatery in 2002, with a little help from a friend, and now runs a collection of fine-dining restaurants that employ 800 people
Sandeep Sekhri likes to defy the odds. Maybe that is why he is such a fan of Rafael Nadal, who, as an unheralded teen tennis player from Spain, shocked the world by winning the 2005 French Open title. Sekhri doesn’t even play tennis, but he still goes to the Roland-Garros tournament every year.
It might also explain how the Indian immigrant to Hong Kong, a vegetarian for three decades, could sit atop a restaurant business that includes several popular steakhouses.
Sekhri owns 28 high-end restaurants and bars across his adopted home, where he and his company, Dining Concepts, have become synonymous with the city’s dining scene.
“Rafa never gives up, no matter how tough it gets,” says Sekhri, highlighting the traits that have helped him succeed.
Dining Concepts, which Sekhri started in 2002 with a single restaurant serving Indian cuisine, has grown to become a diversified restaurant platform offering a range of concepts and cuisines: Thai, Greek, Middle Eastern, Vietnamese, French, Italian, Brazilian and a few steakhouses.
