About Us

At The Spice Enterprise, owner Urvesh Bhagudia and his dedicated team of esteemed chefs and friendly and attentive waiting staff offer you a warm welcome and take you on a mouth watering & soul pleasing journey to the complete fine dining experience.

Urvesh, while growing up in Mumbai, was so fascinated by the diversity of Indian cuisine that acquiring unique & rare recipes from friends from different cultural backgrounds, trying these recipes at home and improvising them became his hobby. Soon this hobby became passion and he successfully completed an extensive Diploma in Catering and Hotel Management from India’s finest Hotel Management training institute in Mumbai. He gained further training at various five star hotels in Mumbai like The Leela Kempinski and The Taj Mahal. His experience in catering and natural charm and gift for hospitality were enriched whilst working in Mumabi as a Food & Beverage Manager in Hotel Rangasharada and General Manager in Hotel Tunga International. In Goa, he worked as the General Manager of a luxury beach resort, catering to European clients. He successfully set up restaurants in Mumbai, Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Kampala (Uganda) before coming to UK in the year 2002 to join a restaurant chain as a Food & Beverage Director. With this wealth of experience, Urvesh came to Carlisle in 2005 and launched The Spice Enterprise in 2007.

Head Chef Pankaj Joshi, born in Shimla (India), has the finest training one can receive in India. After graduating from Institute of Hotel Management, Orissa, Pankaj worked for two of India's prestigious 5 star hotel and resort groups, The Oberoi Hotel and resort group & The Taj group of hotels. He is highly trained and experienced in both Indian and Thai cuisines. With his deep understanding and progressive attitude towards modern Indian cuisine, he came to UK in 2005. After working in hotels and restaurants in Newcastle, Reading and London for 5 years he joined The Spice Enterprise in 2010. He loves to base his cuisine on Indian philosophy of natural seasonal flavours and enhance it by classic European techniques.

While the Head Chef and his kitchen team have outstanding expertise in creating dishes that combine traditional Indian methodology with European template to produce distinctive layers of flavours that give a unique taste sensation, the highly experienced and attentive waiting team aspires to provide you with a seamless service, ensuring you have an unforgettable dining experience.