Operator Inbound
Ember discovers food brands with genuine cultural heat in London, NYC, and Europe — and partners with master franchisees and area developers to scale them East. Transparent flat-fee. Asset-light. No legacy overhead.
Live Pipeline
Concepts are anonymized until NDA is signed.
NYC Korean Fried Chicken concept — category-defining flavour profile, cult following across two boroughs
London chicken category-definer — high street presence, 9+ locations, systemised operations, proven unit economics
LA hot chicken concept — multi-unit proven, strong Gen-Z traction, format engineered for international replication
Why Ember
Every brand in the Ember pipeline originates in London, New York, or Europe. We track genuine cultural signal in the world's most competitive food markets before it reads on any radar.
The industry standard is a broker who takes a cut of your royalties forever. Ember charges a single flat advisory fee.
vs. $50K+ industry standard
Carl Clarke is a founder and restaurateur with two decades of operating experience in London's food scene. Every recommendation comes from someone who has run kitchens, built concepts, and watched ideas scale.
Recent Intelligence
GCC Food & Franchise Intelligence Brief — Q1 2026
12 mapped operators, category analysis across Saudi, UAE, Qatar and Bahrain. Where the growth is happening and which Western brand categories remain white-space.
How We Structure Territories — Master Franchise vs. Area Development
Ramp-time benchmarks by region, unit economics for MENA and India, and the framework Ember uses to define territory boundaries. Read before you submit an introduction.
Get in touch
We're actively matching operators for brands in the current pipeline. If you're a master franchisee or area developer with territory in GCC or India, reach out — introductions are based on fit, not timing.
Specific match
If you've already identified a brand you want to bring in and the territory you'd take it to, share the pair below — we'll route you to the deal lead for that match.