The Big Chill (dessert & gelato outlet)

Name

The Big Chill (dessert & gelato outlet)

Legal name

The Big Chill

Website

https://thebigchillonline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining Restaurants

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing (311520), Baked Goods Retailers (445291)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts (2024), Sugar & Confectionery Products (2060)

akta.pro primary industry

Dessert Cafes & Dessert Bars (Sit-Down) (THAFAGAI)

Keywords

• Casual dining restaurants
• Desserts and ice cream
• Italian cuisine
• Patisserie and cakery
• American ice cream

Headquarters

HQ city

Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Casual Dining Restaurant Sales: Revenue is generated through food and beverage sales at physical restaurant locations, including dine-in service, takeaway orders, and third-party delivery orders. The menu features American ice cream, desserts, cakes, and an extensive Italian cuisine menu including pasta, pizza, grills, and baked items.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Big Chill operates a casual dining restaurant chain offering premium American ice cream, cakes, desserts, and an extensive Italian cuisine menu (pasta, pizza, grills, hearty bakes). The company runs two concepts: The Big Chill Café (full-service casual dining for breakfast, lunch, and dinner) and The Big Chill Cakery & Creamery (a vintage English cake shop and patisserie offering hand-made cakes, tarts, pies, cookies, desserts, and freshly-churned gourmet ice cream). Sales occur via dine-in, takeaway, and third-party delivery platforms.

Product overview

The Big Chill operates as a casual dining restaurant chain with two main offerings: The Big Chill Café (the core restaurant brand) and The Big Chill Cakery & Creamery (a sub-brand patisserie). The Café serves premium American ice cream, desserts, and an extensive Italian trattoria-style menu spanning breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The Cakery & Creamery is a vintage English cake shop offering hand-made pastries, desserts, and freshly-churned gourmet ice cream. Both concepts share the brand's warm, retro-themed atmosphere with old world charm and are available across multiple India locations and one Dubai location.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Big Chill Cakery & Creamery: A vintage English cake shop & patisserie offering hand-made cakes, tarts, pies, cookies, desserts & freshly-churned gourmet ice cream. Also includes a savory menu with light lunch and high tea options including salads, sandwiches, quiches and wraps.
• TBC Cakery
• TBC Café

Products and services

• The Big Chill Café The flagship casual dining restaurant brand serving premium quality American ice cream, cakes, desserts, and an extensive Italian menu including pasta, pizza, grills, and hearty bakes, plus breakfast, lunch, dinner, salads, starters, and sandwiches. Targets consumers seeking warm, welcoming dining experiences for casual outings, family meals, and celebrations.
• The Big Chill Cakery & Creamery A vintage English cake shop and patisserie sub-brand offering hand-made cakes, tarts, pies, cookies, desserts, and freshly-churned gourmet ice cream. Includes a savory menu with light lunch and high tea options such as salads, sandwiches, quiches, and wraps. Targets dessert and casual dining consumers.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• DeliveroominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDeliveroo is a third-party food delivery partnership used for The Big Chill's Dubai Hills Mall location in the UAE. Customers can order The Big Chill products through the Deliveroo platform.
• CareemminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCareem is a third-party food delivery partnership used for The Big Chill's Dubai Hills Mall location in the UAE. Customers can order The Big Chill products through the Careem platform.
• TalabatminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTalabat is a third-party food delivery partnership used for The Big Chill's Dubai Hills Mall location in the UAE. Customers can order The Big Chill products through the Talabat platform.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Social (Impresario Hand Made Restaurants): Impresario's Social is an India-based casual-dining chain with a similarly strong design-led, youth-and-family appeal, multi-city presence, and a broad all-day menu spanning global cuisine and desserts — directly comparable to The Big Chill's positioning.
• Chaayos: Chaayos is an India-based experiential café chain offering an all-day menu with chai, snacks, and desserts. Like The Big Chill, it targets young professionals and families, operates physical outlets in malls and high streets, and competes for the same casual-dining occasions.
• Cafe Delhi Heights: Cafe Delhi Heights is a Delhi NCR casual-dining chain with an all-day global menu, dessert focus, and design-led interiors — a close regional peer to The Big Chill in the same geography.
• Farzi Cafe: Farzi Cafe is a modern Indian casual-dining chain known for its experiential food, cocktails, and Instagram-friendly interiors. It competes with The Big Chill for similar urban, design-conscious diners and family/celebration occasions.
• Indigo Deli (Speciality Restaurants): Indigo Deli is a Mumbai-based gourmet deli-cum-casual-dining chain under Speciality Restaurants with a strong bakery, dessert, and Italian-leaning menu — directly comparable to The Big Chill Café and Cakery concepts.
• The Fatty Bao: The Fatty Bao is a Sister Concern of Social/Impresario offering Asian casual dining. It is comparable as a same-operator design-led casual-dining concept that competes for similar occasion-driven traffic in Indian metros.
• Olive Bar & Kitchen: Olive Bar & Kitchen operates premium Italian-Mediterranean casual-dining restaurants in India. It overlaps with The Big Chill on Italian cuisine positioning, premium casual-dining pricing, and aspirational ambience.
• Pizza Express India: Pizza Express operates Italian casual-dining restaurants in Indian metros, directly competing with The Big Chill on Italian cuisine and family-friendly casual-dining occasions.

Broad incumbents

• Cafe Coffee Day: Cafe Coffee Day is India's largest café chain with broad all-day menus and a strong dessert/savory offering. It competes for similar footfall on the lower-priced casual-café occasions that anchor The Big Chill's breakfast and dessert visits.
• Tata Starbucks: Tata Starbucks operates premium coffee-and-dessert cafés across India. It overlaps with The Big Chill Cakery concept on premium dessert and beverage occasions, and on premium-mall real estate locations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/thebigchillcafeuae

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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