Marugame Udon Europe

🌟 Celebrating successes at Marugame Udon Europe!🌟 We are thrilled to announce that our very own Maddie Andrews, training Sensei, has been named a finalist in the Purple Umbrella Awards for Best Business Development Apprenticeship! 🎉 Hosted by Umbrella Training Ltd, these prestigious awards recognise outstanding talent and dedication in the apprenticeship community. Maddie's hard work, passion, and commitment to excellence have set a shining example for us all. Join us in congratulating Maddie on this incredible achievement and wishing her the best of luck at the awards ceremony! 🙌 #MarugameUdon #PurpleUmbrellaAwards2024 #Apprenticeship #TeamMarugame #CelebratingSuccess

Today is my last day leading Marugame Udon Europe as CEO. Delighted to have Takashi Sugiyama, the COO of Toridoll Holdings (the brand owner), popping by and sharing some great reflections as we have successfully launched and grown the brand here. Also for sharing friendship and some great Sake! Kampai 🍻. Thanks for your support on the journey so far! Proud to hand over to Sam McIntyre to lead the team into the next phase … good luck to a wonderful Marugame team. I will raise a glass of Sake as I find my new chapter … after taking the Summer off. Arigato

Marugame Udon was thrilled to be part of such a vibrant and dynamic event at Olympia London. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who visited our booth and shared their love for authentic Japanese udon with us. Your enthusiasm and support made this experience truly unforgettable! Highlights from the Event: 🍜 Serving countless shake udon salads to delighted attendees. 🍜 Connecting with fellow Japanese culture enthusiasts and foodies. 🍜 Sharing our passion for traditional Japanese cuisine with a diverse and enthusiastic crowd. We hope you enjoyed our udon as much as we enjoyed serving you. Thank you for making Hyper Japan 2024 a resounding success! Stay tuned for more exciting events and updates from Marugame Udon. Until next time, keep slurping and enjoying the delicious flavors of Japan! 

Wanted to share that I’m in the news today. Really proud of adapting and landing a great brand in Europe, building a great team, culture, brand, restaurants and a strong economic model. Excited to see what the future holds after taking the Summer off !

Another Japanese word for you this week - Kando. The word can't be directly translated to English but for us it perfectly sums up what we do in the world of Hospitality. James, our Tencho (Manager) at Bond Street, explains it by saying it's when we turn 'moments into memories' and our chimu (team member) have described it by saying that 'walking into Marugame and having a warm bowl of udon feels like a warm hug'.   We're on a mission to create a Cult of Kando here at Marugame so we asked the awesome Cally Bannon-Smith from Class of 68 to help our Tenchos find more ways to create Kando moments for both our chimu and our guests.  Kando can also be summed up by the famous quote: People don't remember what you did or said but how you made them feel.    The session took many lessons taught in the book 'Unreasonable hospitality by Will Guidara', one of which being that Hospitality is a leadership skill so it was great to take a bit of time out and remind ourselves that working in hospitality is about making genuine connections with people - something that makes us all feel good.   Thanks Cally for helping us on our mission to spread the Kando vibes and provide Uplifting Comforts one Udon bowl at a time.  

We can’t get enough of those new Shake Udon Salads!   We’ve been busy last week shaking up summer with our Shake Udon Salad and sharing it around different parts of London & Reading.  Our Chimu had fun sampling the new flavoursome dish to the local communities and being apart of the marketing team! Chimu, Marketing and Operations team got together and rolled up their sleeves to deliver over 9000 samples and showed us how to live our value "succeed together" to its fullest! Pictures speaks louder than words though so here are a few pictures!

Marugame Udon has launched its vibrant summer campaign, introducing the refreshing shake udon salad to the UK market! This innovative concept brings a delightful twist to traditional udon, combining fresh, crisp vegetables with our signature udon noodles, delicious zingy dressing and a choice of toppings. Perfect for those warm summer days, the shake udon salad is a convenient and flavourful meal option that you can customize and enjoy on the go. Stay tuned and get ready to shake up your summer with Marugame Udon! 🍜🥗

So pleased to offer our Chimu “ a new way to do good” with OnHand • the impact platform. OnHand is an app designed to make volunteering and sustainability actions easy and flexible for everyone to use in their own time or with their team. All can find something that they care about and be part of making some good changes for local communities or the environment by completing the missions available. In the last couple of months, our awesome Chimu have completed a total of 379 missions (that’s a total of 383 hours volunteered). Some of those missions are achieved at home or in our day to day, by not using plastic bag, using less energy, and just completing little, small actions good for our wellbeing or the environment. But over the last 8 weeks, we also had one clothes donation organised by all of the Canary wharf Chimu, some electronic devices repairs (save on waste and Co2) and blood donation. Whether we complete those mission are our own or as a team, we all have some fun while doing some good!

🌟 **We’re Thrilled to Announce Our Latest Achievement!** 🌟 We are incredibly proud to share that we have been awarded **Best Employee Recognition Programme at the QSR Media UK Dynamic Yield Conference & Awards 2024**! 🏆 At Marugame, we believe in the power of recognition and showing appreciation for our amazing team. Our Chimu are the ones that carry our mission to provide "Uplifting Comforts" to our guests every day with big warm welcomes and big warm bowls of noodles. In return, we strive to uplift our team with gratitude and recognition. Here are some of the ways we say thank you: 1. **Kando Moments Incentive**: The site that provides the best uplifting comfort to either guests or to their fellow chimu each month wins funds for the team to spend on whatever they want - be it a fun night out, a family dinner after work, or even pimping up the staff room. 2. **Award Parties**: We celebrate those who embody our values the most with special recognition parties. Our annual Atsumaru Day party saw a winner for  🍜 Going Beyond 🍜 Owning the Mochi Mochi 🍜 Being Honest and Real  working to 🍜 Succeed Together and being a 🍜 Happy Maker 3. **Transparent Pay Policies**: Money isn’t everything but we know it can feel like what your employer pays you is what they think you’re worth which is why it is linked to recognition and appreciation. We reward our team for learning more areas of the business (we call it working their way up our belt system). We also add up to £1 per hour extra for achieving customer-based goals. Our managers can even get a pay rise before the end of year reviews if they increase sales in their restaurant. Our teams scored us ‘Outstanding’ for Fair Pay in our latest Engagement survey.    This award is a testament to our team's dedication and the positive culture we have built together. Thank you to our tribe who makes Marugame special. Here’s to continuing to uplift and appreciate one another every day! 🎉

🌟 Exciting News from Marugame Udon! 🌟 We are thrilled to announce that Marugame Udon hosted a special School Udon Masterclass Lesson! 🍜✨ At Marugame Udon, we believe in the power of authentic culinary experiences and the joy of sharing our rich Japanese heritage with the community. This masterclass is a fantastic opportunity for students to dive into the art of udon making, learn from our skilled chefs, and create delicious, handmade udon from scratch. Highlights of the Masterclass: 🔹 Hands-on udon making experience 🔹 Insights into traditional Japanese cooking techniques 🔹 Fun and interactive learning environment 🔹 Delicious tasting session with your freshly made udon. We are thrilled to see the creativity and enthusiasm of our young chefs as they roll up their sleeves and get to work. This initiative is not just about food; it's about fostering a love for culinary arts, teamwork, and cultural appreciation. Stay tuned for more updates and photos from our masterclass sessions. Let's make memories and delicious udon together! 🍲❤️ #MarugameUdon #UdonMasterclass #CulinaryEducation #JapaneseCuisine #FoodLovers #CommunityEngagement #FutureChefs #HandsOnLearning