Adam Kaye


Adam Kaye is a British businessman and restaurateur, and the co-founder with his brother Samuel of the ASK Italian casual dining chain.

Early life

Adam Kaye was born in September 1968, the son of fellow businessman and restaurateur Phillip Kaye. He studied catering at Westminster College, London. The family name was originally Kropifko.

Career

In 1993, Adam and Sam Kaye opened their first restaurant, a week after Sam finished at catering college. They bought the lease on a former Tootsies restaurant in Belsize Park, London, and converted it into a pizza pasta restaurant, inspired by Pizza Express. By 2002, they had 140 restaurants, 4,500 staff and turnover of £95 million.
In 2004, Adam and Sam Kaye sold ASK Central pizzerias to Pizza Express, earning them almost £30 million.
In 2006, Adam and Sam Kaye launched the dim sum chain DimT.
In 2015, the Kaye family restaurant holdings included the Prezzo, ASK Italian, and Zizzi chains.
As of 2018, Kaye is running the pan-Asian Tasty chain.

Personal life

Since 2002, Kaye has lived in a modern six-bedroom house on the edge of Hampstead Heath. In November 2015, Kaye was seeking to demolish the house and build a new one, citing "high living and maintenance costs" and an "inefficient choice of materials during the construction".