D's Kitchen

Franchise with D’s Kitchen

Open your own D’s.

D’s Kitchen went from taking orders by DM to 4 kitchens across Birmingham, London and Sheffield, with Luton on the way. The pull is the food: smashburgers and Somali fried chicken you can’t get anywhere else.

Start your enquiryHow it works
Smash cheeseburger held up in a D’s Kitchen shop, under the neon burger sign

Why D’s Kitchen?

The food does the talking.

We’re opening D’s Kitchen up to operators who care about the food as much as we do — people who will run a kitchen the way we run ours.

Somali-spiced fried chicken burger from D’s Kitchen

Why we're different

Central to everything is the food: smashed beef, Somali-spiced fried chicken, loaded boxes and the sauces we make ourselves.

Our partners cook it the same way, in kitchens that are 100% halal, for guests who already know the name from their feeds.

Why partner with D’s?

We make the food that matters in-house, so every bite is fresh — and we’re looking for partners who will run a kitchen the way we run ours. The support you get is the support we’d want ourselves.

I’m interested

  • The menu

    A menu people can’t get anywhere else — soul food with a Somali twist.

  • Kitchens trading

    4 kitchens across Birmingham, London and Sheffield, with Luton on the way.

  • 100% halal

    Halal across every site, with every sauce made in-house.

  • Social following

    A following built on Instagram and TikTok — the food does the marketing.

  • A clear process

    A 5-step process from first enquiry to opening day.

  • Waffle burger, two doughnut-bun burgers and a milkshake
  • Neon burger sign glowing on the shop’s red wall
  • A forkful of mac and cheese stretching out of the foil tray
  • The waffle burger: glazed fried chicken and a smashed patty between two waffles
  • Lotus Biscoff milkshake in a D’s Kitchen cup
  • Sticky glazed chicken in a waffle burger, between two doughnut-bun burgers
  • Double smash cheeseburger in a toasted brioche bun
  • Glazed fried chicken on a black slate, sauce splashing
  • Melted cheese, glazed fried chicken and a smashed patty stacked in a brioche bun

The process

From enquiry to opening.

Every kitchen we’ve opened has followed the same route. Here it is in full, so you know what you’re saying yes to before you send anything.

  1. Ticket01/05

    Send an enquiry

    Tell us the area you have in mind and what you’ve run before. It comes straight to us, not a call centre.

  2. Ticket02/05

    Intro conversation

    A conversation about your area, your background, and how D’s Kitchen actually operates. No obligation on either side.

  3. Ticket03/05

    Site and territory

    We look at your site together and agree the territory it serves.

  4. Ticket04/05

    Training and setup

    You and your team train in a working kitchen, until you can run the pass.

  5. Ticket05/05

    Open the doors

    We’re on site for your opening, then we stay in touch as your kitchen finds its rhythm.

Start with step one

Store concepts

Pick your format.

We’ll work out which one suits the area you have in mind.

  • Kiosk

    A compact counter site.

    Sizes, fees & fit-out on request

  • Neighbourhood

    The high-street shop.

    Sizes, fees & fit-out on request

  • Flagship

    The full-size site.

    Sizes, fees & fit-out on request

ask us about formats
Arms crossed at the door of a D’s Kitchen shop

Meet the team.

Our partners get the people who built D’s Kitchen — from finding the site to serving the first customer. Training happens in a working kitchen, so by opening day you’ve already run the pass.

  • The founders

    D’s Kitchen

    We started with a phone and a car full of food. Today we run 4 kitchens and we’d like to open the next ones with you. Introductions happen in person — tell us where you are and we’ll set one up.

Set up an intro

Do you have what it takes?

Tell us the area you have in mind and a bit about your background, and we’ll come back to you without obligation.

Rather talk first? DM us on Instagram.

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