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{{Short description|Founder of The Bohri Kitchen}}
{{Short description|Founder of The Bohri Kitchen}}
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'''Munaf Kapdia''' is best known as founder of a food start-up, The Bohri Kitchen.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/231449/google-samosa-entrepreneur-bohri-food-dawoodi-bohra-nalli-nihari-chicken-biryani-traditional-recipes-mumbai-ang136/| title=He Quit Google to Sell Samosas. Today, His Fans Include Movie Stars!| date=30 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-41467962| title='I Quit Google and Launched a Business with my Mum'| date=9 October 2017| via=www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1459828/man-quit-job-google-sell-samosas-turnover-75000| title=This Man Quit His Job at Google to Sell Samosas and Has a Turnover of More Than $75,000| date=17 July 2017| website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>  He worked at [[Google]] India as a marketing executive before starting his eatery chain in Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1146576/world| title=Munaf Kapadia: A Google Exec Who Became a Samosa Seller| date=18 August 2017| website=Arab News}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=May 2021}}  Munaf won a TV reality series, ''Grilled'', and received INR 1.5 crore investment for The Bohri Kitchen.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/grilled-winner-gets-rs-1-5-cr-investment-for-food-start-up/971304/| title='Grilled' Winner Gets Rs 1.5 cr Investment for Food Start-up| date=12 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/venture-catalysts-invests-in-munaf-kapadias-bohri-kitchen/articleshow/62112543.cms| title=Venture Catalysts invests in Munaf Kapadia's Bohri Kitchen| first=Supraja| last=Srinivasan| via=The Economic Times}}</ref> His start-up is now valued over [[Indian rupee|INR]] 4 [[crore]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theweekendleader.com/Success/2870/moms-kitchen.html| title=For this MBA graduate mom's cooking skills helped build a Rs 4 crore turnover eatery chain leaving a cushy job| first=The Weekend| last=Leader| website=www.theweekendleader.com}}</ref>  He was a 2017 finalist of [[Forbes 30 Under 30]] India list,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.forbesindia.com/aperture/30-under-30-2017/forbes-india-30-under-30-2017-list/45727/21|title=Forbes India 30 Under 30 2017 list &#124; Forbes India &#124; Page 21|website=Forbes India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/30-under-30-2017/30-under-30-munaf-kapadia-has-turned-his-mums-cooking-into-a-brand/45821/1|title=30 Under 30: Munaf Kapadia Has Turned His Mum's Cooking Into A Brand|website=Forbes India}}</ref>
'''Munaf Kapadia''' is an Indian author and [[Entrepreneurship|entrepreneur]]. He founded The Bohri Kitchen, an experiential dining concept in Bombay with his mother Nafisa Kapadia.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-41467962| title='I Quit Google and Launched a Business with my Mum'| date=9 October 2017| via=www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1459828/man-quit-job-google-sell-samosas-turnover-75000| title=This Man Quit His Job at Google to Sell Samosas and Has a Turnover of More Than $75,000| date=17 July 2017| website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>  Kapadia won Grilled [[Reality television|reality series]],(Fox Life) in 2017 and subsequently raised a round of seed funding for The Bohri Kitchen.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/grilled-winner-gets-rs-1-5-cr-investment-for-food-start-up/971304/| title='Grilled' Winner Gets Rs 1.5 cr Investment for Food Start-up| date=12 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/venture-catalysts-invests-in-munaf-kapadias-bohri-kitchen/articleshow/62112543.cms| title=Venture Catalysts invests in Munaf Kapadia's Bohri Kitchen| first=Supraja| last=Srinivasan| via=The Economic Times}}</ref> He was a 2017 finalist of [[Forbes 30 Under 30]] India list,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.forbesindia.com/aperture/30-under-30-2017/forbes-india-30-under-30-2017-list/45727/21|title=Forbes India 30 Under 30 2017 list &#124; Forbes India &#124; Page 21|website=Forbes India}}</ref>


==Writer==
==Book==
Kapdia's book, ''How I Quit Google to Sell Samosas'', published in April 2021, is a true account of the author's journey of quitting his job at Google India and turning a weekend food pop-up into a start-up with an INR 4-core turnover.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-books/bookrack-for-the-week-april-11-to-april-17-972402.html| title=Bookrack for the Week – (April 11 to April 17)| date=11 April 2021| website=Deccan Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/2021/04/23/munaf-kapadia-from-selling-ads-at-google-to-selling-samosas-at-the-bohri-kitchen.html| title=Munaf Kapadia: From Selling Ads at Google to Selling Samosas at the Bohri Kitchen| website=The Week}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://theprint.in/softcover/munaf-kapadia-details-his-extraordinary-journey-from-google-to-bohra-food-in-new-book/632561/| title=Munaf Kapadia Details His Extraordinary Journey from Google to Bohra Food in New Book| first=ThePrint| last=Team| date=6 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://theprint.in/softcover/munaf-kapadia-details-his-extraordinary-journey-from-google-to-bohra-food-in-new-book/632561/| title=Munaf Kapadia details his extraordinary journey from Google to Bohra food in new book| first=ThePrint| last=Team| date=6 April 2021}}</ref>
Kapadia's book [[How I Quit Google to Sell Samosas]] published in April 2021 by [[Harper Collins]] tells the story of how he quit his job at [[Google]] India to turn a weekend food pop-up into a successful [[food delivery]] venture.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-books/bookrack-for-the-week-april-11-to-april-17-972402.html| title=Bookrack for the Week – (April 11 to April 17)| date=11 April 2021| website=Deccan Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/2021/04/23/munaf-kapadia-from-selling-ads-at-google-to-selling-samosas-at-the-bohri-kitchen.html| title=Munaf Kapadia: From Selling Ads at Google to Selling Samosas at the Bohri Kitchen| website=The Week}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://theprint.in/softcover/munaf-kapadia-details-his-extraordinary-journey-from-google-to-bohra-food-in-new-book/632561/| title=Munaf Kapadia Details His Extraordinary Journey from Google to Bohra Food in New Book| first=ThePrint| last=Team| date=6 April 2021}}</ref>
 
==Works==
* ''How I Quit Google to Sell Samosas''<ref>''How I Quit Google to Sell Samosas''; Kapadia, Munaf; [[HarperCollins]]; India; (April 2021); pp. 232; isbn: 978-9354222573</ref>


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Munaf Kapadia is an Indian author and entrepreneur. He founded The Bohri Kitchen, an experiential dining concept in Bombay with his mother Nafisa Kapadia.[1][2] Kapadia won Grilled reality series,(Fox Life) in 2017 and subsequently raised a round of seed funding for The Bohri Kitchen.[3][4] He was a 2017 finalist of Forbes 30 Under 30 India list,[5]

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Kapadia's book How I Quit Google to Sell Samosas published in April 2021 by Harper Collins tells the story of how he quit his job at Google India to turn a weekend food pop-up into a successful food delivery venture.[6][7][8]

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  1. "'I Quit Google and Launched a Business with my Mum'". 9 October 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
  2. "This Man Quit His Job at Google to Sell Samosas and Has a Turnover of More Than $75,000". The Express Tribune. 17 July 2017.
  3. "'Grilled' Winner Gets Rs 1.5 cr Investment for Food Start-up". 12 December 2017.
  4. Srinivasan, Supraja. "Venture Catalysts invests in Munaf Kapadia's Bohri Kitchen" – via The Economic Times.
  5. "Forbes India 30 Under 30 2017 list | Forbes India | Page 21". Forbes India.
  6. "Bookrack for the Week – (April 11 to April 17)". Deccan Herald. 11 April 2021.
  7. "Munaf Kapadia: From Selling Ads at Google to Selling Samosas at the Bohri Kitchen". The Week.
  8. Team, ThePrint (6 April 2021). "Munaf Kapadia Details His Extraordinary Journey from Google to Bohra Food in New Book".