Wildwood Kitchen

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Wildwood Kitchen
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Wildwood Kitchen, Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London
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Wildwood Kitchen, Gloucester Road, London, 2016

Wildwood Kitchen is a British casual dining chain, serving Italian food, with 12 restaurants in the UK. [1]

The chief executive of the chain is Samuel Kaye, whose family has founded other restaurant chains including ASK, Prezzo and Zizzi. [2] [3] It is operated by the Tasty Group. [4] [5]

The chain serves Italian-inspired food as well as burgers. [6] [7] [8] [9]

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References

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  2. Armstrong, Ashley (4 October 2014), "Kaye family aims to reunite pizza chains in £500m deal talks", Daily Telegraph
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