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Celebrating a decade of Hong Kong’s most compelling hospitality movement

This year marks a decade, defined by ten years of tireless resilience and tenacity, championing community, telling beautiful stories through food and creating extraordinary experiences for guests. For us, it is a landmark occasion, a testament to the grit and perseverance, the uncompromising pursuit of excellence, and the immeasurable drive that has woven us into this city’s social and cultural fabric. Planting a flag in the place we call home, we have redefined the dining landscape in Hong Kong and introduced a new wave of dining experiences, propelled by the can-do attitude hardwired into our bones and the collective determination of our community to drive forward as part of this city’s story for decades to come.

In true Black Sheep fashion, the entire summer is becoming a celebration and you are all invited:

    • Our Founders Asim and Chris invite you to raise a glass with them to kick off the summer of celebrations. Everyone dining from now until 22 June will receive an anniversary drink on the house for dinner to thank them for being part of this adventure and circle back to the start where all the stories and ideas, both the good and the bad, that shaped our past decadebegan – with a drink in hand.

 

    • In addition, we will be gifting ten lucky diners their next birthday parties. From 27 June until 4 September one guest each week who dines with us will be picked at random to win their next birthday celebration on the house for a table of ten. Everyone who books for dinner at any restaurant during the ten week period will be automatically entered for a chance to win a spectacular celebration at the likes of the newly-opened luxurious Grand Majestic Sichuan, lavish teppanyaki Crown Super Deluxe or the opulent Ho Lee Fook. For walk-in restaurants guests will be given the chance to opt-in upon arrival. Winners will be notified via email each week.

 

    • From 13 June take a walk down memory lane and relive some of our most beloved dishes from the past decade, giving you the chance to indulge in long-gone favourites from the Keema Pau at MICHELIN-Starred New Punjab Club or the iconic New York-Italian dish re-popularized by Mario Carbone, Carbone’s Baked Clams, plus the crowd-pleasing Yakiniku Beef Udon at Fukuro.

 

    • July sees the return of our Summer Festival, a transportive line-up of unforgettable experiences with this summer’s events promising to be truly all-star. Celebrating the best of Black Sheep, expect to see new editions of some of the most loved events from the past ten years, including an all-out bash version of Buenos Aires Polo Club’s Rock Night and the long-awaited second annual Great Rajasthan Rifles Cricket Tournament, an afternoon of sport, Pimms and Anglo-Indian fare from MICHELIN-starred chef Palash Mitra. Alongside the return of these extraordinary events are all new experiences crafted to celebrate the landmark summer. More information to come; tickets for July events are now available here.

 

      • August will mark the return of our signature ten-day celebration of dining out with Black Series: Celebrating A Decade of Black Sheep, bringing the much-loved line-up of unmissable curated menus featuring signature dishes at exceptional value to all restaurants. In addition to their chosen menus, for the first time you will also be invited to partake in complimentary experiences with the Black Sheep experts to deepen your knowledge on topics like sake, how to make the perfect Martini, how to shuck oysters or even some basic butchery. To be first in line to book this unmissable edition of Black Series, sign-up to the waitlist here.

     

    • The summer of celebrations will wrap with the first-ever Black Sheep Gala in September. This grand, invite-only evening will bring together those who have been integral to our journey and growth as well as other industry leaders who have impacted the city’s art, culture and hospitality scenes over the last decade.

In the tenure of hospitality, a decade can be a lifetime. There are those that emerge, hit the one or five year mark and then celebrate very few others. Carving out a path in such a vast, dynamic and ever-changing scene is daunting. Still, those that are able to make their mark can ultimately redefine the industry, what it means to a group of people and what a community of individuals driven towards the same dream can achieve.

For Asim and Christopher, this ten years is only the first chapter in their book, a prologue to our legacy and a peek into the great work to come. “Since day one, we have always had this underdog mentality that has been our driving force, and even though we’ve come so far, it still rings true. I can clearly remember that very first dinner service Chris and I had. Where the nerves and fear we were feeling were fighting with the adrenaline and excitement of opening the doors on something that was truly finally ours,” comments Hussain. ” Now, a decade, and over thirty restaurants on, we continue to chase this same rush, the thrill of bringing the magic of a dining room alive. If I could go back and tell my 26-year-old-self one thing, it would be that all the highs and lows, the hard work and the late nights, all the successes and the failures that inevitably will happen will be worth it.”

But it truly takes a village and Asim and Christopher also wanted to ensure that their village of almost 1000 was properly celebrated too. The newly-opened Team Canteen in SoHo is a permanent central hub dedicated to their community, where members can relax or take a break between shifts. A choice of free, hot meals are offered daily and the space even includes a bathroom with showers to freshen up before shifts. For Mark, “Our team is the foundation on which we will build the next ten, twenty, thirty years, so they deserve a place of their own away from guests, deliveries and the constant churn of the restaurants where they can really take a moment to recharge. It is a cliché but hospitality starts at home and we believe if we look after our team, they will be better placed to look after you, our guests.” 

Stay-tuned to http://www.10anniversary.com.hk/ to keep up-to-date on all the newest happenings.

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