The island's first restaurant under the KFC brand opened its doors on November 10. The sign, awaited for many years, will allow you to discover the crispy chicken recipes that have made the cult brand famous.
It is in the port city that Ricardo Lartin, franchisee KFC Réunion and Olivier Chong-Fah-Shen, general manager, have chosen to inaugurate their first restaurant on the island. “As a Porto resident, I am very proud to open this first restaurant in the city where I grew up. We want the people of Reunion to take ownership of KFC Réunion. The opening of the first site at the Port is the start of a great adventure. Our objective is to be present as close as possible to the people of Reunion Island. We are happy to finally be able to offer them our chicken meat dishes., prepared daily on site and by hand, according to KFC’s secret recipe” rejoices Ricardo Lartin. The Port restaurant occupies a total surface area of 350 m². It has 80 seats indoors and around fifty outdoors.. A drive lane is planned for takeaway sales. Children can have fun in the play area located outside the restaurant. The restaurant is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to midnight and until 1 a.m. on weekends. Colonel Burger, Menus Box, Buckets, Pleasure, Desserts… “We are starting with a limited range which will develop over the months” explains Olivier Chong-Fah-Shen.
65 jobs created
KFC Réunion has chosen to work with the local company Cogedal, which has obtained certification from KFC international, to provide flour, very present in the range of products offered. The vegetables for the burgers and salads also come from local production, thanks to a partnership signed with the company Tropilégumes. Same for restaurant drinks, produced by the Brasseries de Bourbon and Edena. The chicken, his, comes exclusively from France and Europe. Discussions are underway to imagine a local supply of chicken which could be linked to a KFC burger recipe.. 65 employees, including 90% from the Port, were recruited, with the help of the City, from the employment center, of the West Local Mission and associations. KFC Réunion wishes to promote proximity in its hiring. The opening of new restaurants in Saint-Pierre and Saint-André in the coming months is already scheduled. The opening of the Port restaurant was also the subject of an advertising campaign throughout the island..
“We will go wherever the people of Reunion ask us” says Ricardo Lartin. A strategy that will enable the creation of 150 direct jobs by the end of 2022.
KFC returns to Reunion
KFC has been renowned for its famous recipes for over 75 years. (secret) they poulet frit,. Colonel Harland Sanders' recipes, its founder in the nineteenth century, who with his mustache and his goatee, serves as an effigy for the brand which has become international in scope. KFC has 25,000 restaurants in 145 countries, of which 79% managed under franchise. Every day around the world, nearly 10 million customers taste the products served in KFC restaurants.. In the 90s, a first attempt to establish KFC in Reunion Island failed after a year. Several candidates were in the running to bring her back today in a very different Meeting, widely open and fond of new things. It is ultimately the project of the two partners, Ricardo Lartin and Olivier Chong-Fah-Shen, which was chosen by the fried chicken giant. KFC is already established in the Antilles, in Guyana and New Caledonia.
