{"id":960,"date":"2025-08-12T09:53:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T09:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/?p=960"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:29:11","slug":"uk-pasta-chain-with-carbonara-of-dreams-is-expanding-with-300-restaurants-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/12\/uk-pasta-chain-with-carbonara-of-dreams-is-expanding-with-300-restaurants-planned\/","title":{"rendered":"UK pasta chain with \u2018carbonara of dreams\u2019 is expanding with 300 restaurants planned"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The popular pasta chain is expanding across the UK (Picture: Pasta Evangelists)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the Pasta Evangelists team appeared on Dragons’ Den<\/a> in 2018, the dragons told them they were \u2018delusional\u2019 and that their idea was a \u2018disaster\u2019.<\/p>\n

Flash forward to 2025 and the pasta<\/a> company has just revealed major expansion plans, with a goal of having 100 restaurants<\/a> across the UK in the next five years and 300 globally in the longer-term.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s first dedicated restaurant, a pasta emporium<\/a>, opened in Richmond last summer<\/a> with self-serve wine machines, a chef handmaking pasta in the window and some delicious dishes. <\/p>\n

Following that, they opened seven other restaurants in areas such as Greenwich, Guildford and Manchester<\/a> Airport. Now co-founders Alessandro Savelli, Finn Lagun and Chris Rennoldson are looking to invest more than \u00a330 million in even more locations.<\/p>\n

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The team started Pasta Evangelists in a basement in London in 2016 and it went on to become a successful delivery business. The aim was to bring fresh pasta, just like Alessandro\u2019s Italian nonna used to make, to British kitchens.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve since gone on to launch 47 takeaway units, a pasta bar in Harrods as well as pasta academies where they share their secrets. <\/p>\n

Along the way they\u2019ve garnered support from top chefs like Prue Leith and Gordon Ramsay and online fans have hailed the food as \u2018incredible\u2019, \u2018spectacular\u2019 and \u2018delicious\u2019.<\/p>\n

The chain’s carbonara in particular is a hit with customers, who have claimed it’s ‘the best carbonara’ and the ‘carbonara of dreams’.<\/p>\n

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Comment now<\/title><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text\">Have you tried Pasta Evangelists? What did you think of it?<\/span><\/span><a class=\"metro-comment-cta__button\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\">Comment Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Speaking about the expansion plans, Alessandro told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/business-money\/companies\/article\/fresh-pasta-specialist-plans-to-open-100-new-restaurants-wszgrbzpx\">the Times<\/a> he wants Pasta Evangelists to become \u2018the UK\u2019s fastest-growing, casual dining spot\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is to ‘flip’ a number of the dark kitchens they already own – these are spaces where professional food is prepared and cooked solely for delivery or takeaway purposes, with no store-front or dine-in area. <\/p>\n<p>The business will also be looking to specifically target the South of England, Midlands and Scotland in the UK for new restaurants, creating up to 1,500 new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>And a \u2018Pasta Apprenticeship\u2019 scheme is also in the works, to help staff develop culinary and hospitality skills. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Do you have a story to share?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Get in touch by emailing <a href=\"mailto:MetroLifestyleTeam@Metro.co.uk\">MetroLifestyleTeam@Metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom-start\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom centered\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom-end\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom centered\"><a class=\"comment-now metro-button metro-comments-cta\" data-vars-position=\"bottom_cta_question\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><title>Comment now<\/title><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"comment-now__label\">Have you tried Pasta Evangelists? What did you think of it?<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular pasta chain is expanding across the UK (Picture: Pasta Evangelists) When the Pasta Evangelists team appeared on Dragons’ Den in 2018, the dragons told them they were \u2018delusional\u2019 and that their idea was a \u2018disaster\u2019. Flash forward to 2025 and the pasta company has just revealed major expansion plans, with a goal of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=960"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}