BigChefs Casual Dining Restaurants

Buyuk Sefler Gida Turizm Tekstil Danismanlik Organizasyon Egitim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. is the company that operates the BigChefs restaurant chain. The brand was born in Ankara in 2007, and the company's head office later moved to Istanbul; today it is in Sariyer, Istanbul. Its shares have traded on Borsa Istanbul under the ticker BIGCH since 2023.

BigChefs restaurants combine modern interpretations of Turkish regional dishes with plates from world cuisine, under an all-day concept running from breakfast to dinner. Branches are located in many Turkish provinces as well as in Germany, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Georgia and Uzbekistan; growth relies on both company-operated restaurants and the franchise model. The group's other brands include Buselik, NumNum, NumNum Streetfood Academy, BigChefs Kont and BigIce. The company publishes its food safety, quality and environmental policies and its sustainability reports on its corporate website.

For restaurant companies, the main issues investors watch are food inflation, staff and rent costs, minimum wage adjustments, the pace of new branch openings, the share of franchise income, trends in guest spending and the currency effect of branches abroad. The Lzzo.com page offers a price chart for BIGCH and a comparison with similar consumer stocks.