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it's time to take this back inside 🙌 our woks are fired up, the chopsticks are ready + our amazing teams are on hand to welcome you back to our benches inside safely so, if you’re visiting us for your next wagamama fix then we’ll see you inside very soon we are wishing all our teams the best of luck today, we couldn’t be prouder. it’s time to rise up team wagamama ❤️
with over 70 of our restaurants opening today for dining outside, we couldn’t be happier to welcome our teams + guests back to our benches, well our outside version anyway 🙌 we wanted to wish all of our amazing teams and all of our hospitality friends + family the best of luck today too and today is perfect ramen weather 🍜 so whether it’s miso-glazed cod, tantanmen beef brisket or kare burosu ramen – our bowls are ready welcome back to all those reopening from today ❤
welcome to the bench our new vegan suika tuna. yep you read that right. vegan tuna. now, that’s next wave. but catch it while you can. available exclusively for #veganuary only 'suika’ means watermelon in japanese, our dehydrated watermelon steak is dressed + seared in the wok. served with miso sesame wok-fried kale, tenderstem broccoli, avocado edamame + tofu guacamole and pickled radish on sticky white rice topped with crispy fried shallots, sesame seeds, fresh chilli + lime.
what an opening week it's been for our first mamago site in fenchurch street! thank you to everyone who came along! our executive chef steve mangleshot said: “we’ve borrowed a few things from wagamama including the phenomenon that is katsu curry – so you’ll see some katsu dishes done in a mamago way including a katsu chicken wrap, a vegan cauliflower katsu rice bowl, chicken katsu rice bowl and naked chicken katsu salad. all the dishes have been developed with health in mind which means they there is no guilt to eat at mamago everyday for breakfast and lunch. i have taken inspiration from my travels to japan when developing these dishes. in japan so much of the food is designed to be eaten on the go and we have always wanted to bring some of those ideas back here.”
we know that being a chef is rewarding but very challenging so we caught up with amanda from our trafford restaurant to find out why she does it.... ‘i have been working for trafford since we opened 4 years ago. what i love most about working for wagamama is that i have found my second family.’
on tuesday afternoon this week, our apprentice class of 2019 gathered in london for a very special moment in their fire up journey | graduation day! a year ago, over 30 chefs began their fire up journey, an apprenticeship programme designed to help them develop + grow, with various areas of expertise such as culinary skills + knowledge, managements and leadership. and at the end of their journey, our graduates had even more to show for their hard work, as they earned a national qualification along the way!
earlier this year we ran our wokstars competition for our chefs and flew out our winners to japan to experience the history and current trends of japanese cuisine. anupam, a sous chef in our camberley restaurant shared some of his feelings at the end of the trip...... “wokstars was fantastic. and the final event was just incredible. I remember the final minute, that was surreal, I thought I wasn’t going to make it in time but I believed in myself and kept on going... I didn’t even realise that I was capable of doing this. a big shout out to my team, and especially my head chef omar, who supported me and pushed me, and really motivated me throughout wokstars”
we recently caught up with callum, our front of house manager in bristol to hear why he loves coming to work....... "i love working for wagamama because it gives me an environment where i'm free to be myself. every day i get to interact with a variety of people, guests and team alike, making each shift different to the next." we have lots of exciting opportunities to join callum at wagamama, you can view them here http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vM4u4
we heard that people often need a space to meet before their local pride parade. whether that’s because they're attending alone, it’s their first time, or they simply need a place to escape to if celebrations become overwhelming 🌈 so, we're hosting pre-pride meetups across the uk. for everyone who would like to join our teams in attending their local parade. enjoy a green tea on us + make new connections in your local lgbtq+ community if at any time during the day, you need a place to take some time out, our doors will be open + our team will have welcoming arms + water on hand. follow the link to find out if one is happening near you! 👉 http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMFut
it’s mental health awareness week + we’re continuing our mission to encourage more conversation around mental health. last month, together with mind charity, we hosted mental health activists' bryony gordon, dr rangan chatterjee, matt johnson + jessica smith, for a truly inspiring discussion. we want to help end the stigma which often stops people speaking out. and we’re doing it through conversation. open mouths. open minds. follow the link to watch the full video 🙌 👉 http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMPol
