Private company
Giraffe Restaurants
Logo: Giraffe restaurants, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
British restaurant chain
Giraffe Concepts Limited, trading as Giraffe or Giraffe World Kitchen, is a restaurant chain headquartered in Birmingham, United Kingdom, which was founded in 1998 in Hampstead as Giraffe Restaurants, by Juliette Joffe, Russel Joffe, and Andrew Jacobs. Giraffe was owned by its founders, with additional financial backing from private shareholders, 3i investment group and chairman Luke Johnson. In October 2006, 3i invested £10 million in the company in a deal that valued the chain at £24 million.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersUnited Kingdom1
- Websitewww.giraffe.net
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Giraffe Concepts Limited, trading as Giraffe or Giraffe World Kitchen, is a restaurant chain headquartered in Birmingham, United Kingdom, which was founded in 1998 in Hampstead as Giraffe Restaurants, by Juliette Joffe, Russel Joffe, and Andrew Jacobs. Giraffe was owned by its founders, with additional financial backing from private shareholders, 3i investment group and chairman Luke Johnson.2
Timeline
- 1998Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.giraffe.net1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/girafferestaurants1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/giraffesnaps1
- WikipediaGiraffe World Kitchen
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ5564102
Sources
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- 1WikidataGiraffe Restaurants on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaGiraffe Restaurants on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsGiraffe Restaurants logo by Giraffe restaurants, Public domain