Tablez Food Company

Name

Tablez Food Company

Legal name

Bloomsbury's Coffee Shop - L L C

Website

https://tablez.ae

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Tablez Food Company is an Abu Dhabi-based multi-brand F&B operator running 8 restaurant brands across the UAE — including home-grown Bloomsbury's and Keto Break alongside franchises of Famous Dave's and Grimaldi's Pizzeria — serving individual consumers and corporate catering clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant & Catering Services

NAICS

Restaurants and Other Eating Places (7225), Caterers (722320), Food Services and Drinking Places (722)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Bakery Products (2050)

akta.pro primary industry

All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty & Dietary Catering (Vegan, Kosher, Halal, Allergy-Friendly) (HSACAGAH), Local Chef/Restaurant Meal Boxes & Marketplace Prepared Meals (CRAHAJAI)

Keywords

• Restaurant operations
• Food and beverage franchise
• Corporate event catering
• Artisan bakery café
• Multi-brand F&B operator

Headquarters

HQ city

Abu Dhabi

HQ country

United Arab Emirates

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Franchise Operations: Revenue generated from operating franchise locations of international brands (Famous Dave's, Grimaldi's Pizzeria) in the UAE and surrounding regions. Tablez pays franchise fees and generates revenue from restaurant operations.
2. Home-Grown Brand Operations: Revenue from company-owned and potentially franchised operations of Bloomsbury's (artisan bakery/café) and Keto Break (keto-friendly treats) brands.
3. Corporate Catering Services: B2B catering services for corporate events, celebrations, and functions. Customers order from tiered catering menus with per-person pricing. Includes breakfast catering, canapés, sandwich platters, and full event catering.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Tablez Food Company develops, operates, and franchises a multi-brand portfolio of restaurants, cafés, and bakeries across the UAE, combining home-grown concepts (Bloomsbury's artisan bakery/café and Keto Break keto-friendly treats) with international franchise brands (Famous Dave's BBQ and Grimaldi's Pizzeria). It also provides tiered corporate and private event catering services spanning breakfast, canapés, sandwich platters, kids' menus, and full multi-course menus priced per person.

Product overview

Tablez Food Company is an F&B (Food and Beverage) entity that operates a portfolio of restaurant brands through both home-grown concepts and franchise agreements across the GCC region. The company manages four distinct brands: Bloomsbury's (an artisan bakery and boutique cafe founded in 2011 in Abu Dhabi), Keto Break (a keto-friendly and sugar-free specialty brand), Famous Dave's (a barbecue franchise), and Grimaldi's Pizzeria (a Brooklyn-style coal-fired pizza franchise). In addition to its retail restaurant operations, Tablez provides comprehensive catering services spanning corporate events, breakfast catering, canapes catering, sandwich platters, and children's party catering across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and the wider UAE. The catering division offers tiered menu packages ranging from budget to premium tiers, priced from AED 45 to AED 225 per person. The company's mission is to bring inspiring culinary experiences through original and creative concepts while delivering consistent high-quality products and exceptional service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bloomsbury's Artisan bakery and boutique café brand founded in 2011 in Abu Dhabi; started as an exclusive cupcake shop and expanded into a full artisan bakery and café serving UAE consumers in person and via online ordering.
• Keto Break Specialty food brand offering premium keto-friendly and sugar-free treats targeting health-conscious consumers on keto diets or seeking guilt-free indulgences, available through its own UAE e-commerce site.
• Famous Dave's Barbecue restaurant franchise operated by Tablez in the UAE, committed to delivering an exceptional dining experience with the highest quality ingredients for flavorful, wholesome food, available in-store and via online ordering.
• Grimaldi's Pizzeria Coal-fired brick oven pizza franchise operated by Tablez in the UAE, bringing over 100 years of Brooklyn pizza-making tradition with fresh ingredients and secret hand-tossed dough in a family-friendly upscale New York atmosphere.
• Corporate Events Catering Full-service corporate event catering bringing flavors, freshness, and service to events in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and across the UAE for corporate functions, celebrations, and business meetings.
• Breakfast Catering Fresh breakfast catering service with five menu tiers (Menu 1 through Menu 5) priced AED 70 to AED 185 per person, including whole fruit, fruit salads, juices, pastries, omelet stations, and cheese platters for UAE corporate and event clients.
• Canapés Catering Premium handcrafted canapé catering with four menu tiers (Menu 1 through Menu 4) priced AED 90 to AED 150 per person, featuring non-veg and veg canapés, desserts, and beverages.
• Sandwich Platters Sandwich and canapé box catering with multiple options including Veg, Chicken, Breakfast, Beef, Seafood, Premium Mix, and Lavish Veg boxes priced AED 76 to AED 179, plus various canapé experience boxes priced AED 104 to AED 120.
• Kids Party Catering Children's party platters and catering with three menu tiers: Kids Menu 1 (AED 45) with Mac & Cheese and Chocolate Brownies; Kids Menu 2 (AED 55) with Chicken/Veg Burger, Crudités, and Apple Juice; Kids Menu 3 (AED 65) with Chicken Strips, Lasagne, Fries, and Fresh Juice.
• Full Catering Menu Service Full-catering menu service with five tiers (Menu 1 through Menu 5) priced AED 90 to AED 225 per person, offering appetizers, salads, soups, mains, potatoes/vegetables, rice/noodles/pasta, desserts, and free station selections across multi-course options for events.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Americana Group: One of the largest MENA food operators, running KFC, Pizza Hut, Hardee's, Krispy Kreme and other international franchises across the GCC and beyond. Directly comparable to Tablez as a multi-brand F&B franchise operator targeting the same regional consumer base.
• Alshaya Group: Kuwait-headquartered franchise operator that runs hundreds of Starbucks, Shake Shack, P.F. Chang's, and other international F&B brands across the Middle East. Closely comparable in franchise-led multi-brand strategy and regional expansion playbook.
• Gourmet Gulf: UAE-based bakery, café and casual dining operator running multiple proprietary and franchised concepts. Comparable to Tablez for its mix of home-grown bakery/café brands and franchise restaurant operations in the same UAE market.

Broad incumbents

• Five Guys: US-based better-burger franchise with active MENA expansion through local partners. Comparable to Famous Dave's as a premium international casual-dining franchise being operated in the UAE and broader GCC under local franchisee partnerships.
• Yum! Brands franchisees in MENA: Global parent of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, whose MENA franchisees compete in the same casual-dining category as Famous Dave's and Grimaldi's. Comparable as the dominant multi-brand QSR franchisor shaping the regional competitive landscape.

Regional players

• Pizza Express: UK-based casual pizza restaurant chain with a meaningful MENA franchise presence. Comparable to Grimaldi's as a franchised casual-dining pizza concept being rolled out across the region by a local operator.
• Just Falafel: UAE-born falafel and Mediterranean casual-dining franchise that expanded across the Middle East. Comparable to Tablez as a regional MENA-born F&B concept pursuing franchise-driven multi-market expansion.
• Shawarmer: Saudi-grown sandwich and casual-dining chain expanding across the Gulf. Relevant comparable as a home-grown GCC casual-food brand pursuing multi-country franchise-style growth similar to Bloomsbury's.

Emerging players

• Le Pain Quotidien: Global artisan bakery-café chain with strong MENA footprint. Directly comparable to Bloomsbury's as a concept in the artisan bakery/café category with a similar everyday-dining value proposition.
• The Coffee Club: Australian-origin all-day dining café franchise with established UAE and GCC operations. Comparable to Bloomsbury's as a franchise-operated bakery/café concept targeting similar daytime dining occasions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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